When Zephyra found the large city, night was almost over. She had no trace of her lost friend once she made it to the outer territory of its walls, and all she could do in the moment was stoop in the trees and watch out for any signs of Ilsandra.
She hoped to hear a wayward word, or hear a commotion - but the people inside of the boundaries hadn't behaved like anything was wrong at all. In fact, they looked like well-trained animals that carried out their daily duties.
...and that music that played through those metal horns was ghastly and sad.
Her orbs scanned the four towers that were armed with men who had metal bows and arrows that shined in the little moonlight that was in the sky. She counted two in each 'crow nests' and found that each of them looked in opposite directions for a full 360 coverage.