Lucius had spent seventy-two hours since Kalliope's disappearance constantly searching for her. Varris turned up without any leads to get into Seteste. Therentil finally provided an answer to their problems and pointed them to someone in the capital who might assist.
When pressured on why he didn't come forward with the solution before then, all he would say was it was his last-ditch effort. This answer did not sit well with Lucius. In his mind, he should have been the one to decide if something was a final option or not.
However, Therentil maintained that the person they could contact was someone busy with other tasks. He insisted that they still try to search for other people, but Lucius put a stop to his whining with a series of lightning strikes in the center of Varris. Each one came within inches of striking the elf guide which persuaded him to simply guide them to their contact.
