A Soul Dome encased them, and Artie turned beside her and found Larkin approaching them. He was still on the Black Kodiak, soon showing a worried look at the horse on the ground. The archduchess only smiled at him before she realized that the Soul Dome was able to isolate the heat and dryness from them. Inside the dome was nothing but a cool atmosphere, made cooler by Aristocracy.
Larkin got off of the horse, and the Black Kodiak only looked at the horse on the ground. Artie had a feeling that they were speaking to each other, but the Black Kodiak was strong enough to isolate their conversation from the ears of her system. Since it was being treated as a secret, Artie only stuck to smiling at Larkin.
