"The bow is also a reason for that," Liss said and then shrugged.
"I suspected as much," Rain said.
"Anyway, will it be fine like this?" Liss asked. "You are trying to buy time or make them waste time, but…"
"That is the only thing that we can do here," Rain explained. "Even with Artisia and the others, we can only learn so much, but we can learn a few things from these short interactions while we also make them feel impatient."
"Did you learn anything?" Asche asked while she was rubbing her forehead.
"Aside from the fact that you have grown rusty? Yes," Rain said. "I didn't notice anything weird with their auras, and they didn't seem ready to fight either… if what that guy said is true and he is the leader of the magic council, it doesn't look like he values his life that much and came here knowing that he could die."
