Savine removed herself from her trance and spoke to Eliseline.
"Can you send a letter to Fest, now?"
"Yes? But why?"
"Someone from the capital is here investigating what happened to Erst, and their prime suspect is a mage adept at fire and air magic. They also know that we were in the Sovereign's city and that we passed Erst on the way."
Eliseline nodded and started writing immediately.
"Tell him to insist that we arrived at Erst a day earlier than we did and that we stayed in the inn for most of the day of the incident, before learning that the city was poisoned the next morning and left immediately."
"A day before?"
"Yes. I'll have to go change the records."
The dispatch center didn't take their names, but they did take their general appearance and the luggage they carried. It wasn't hard to connect the dots.
She activated her gift once again.
