"Quite."

"I'd like to drill some of those tricks for a bit, my reaction time wasn't ideal. Feel free to go do your own thing, I can't imagine that standing around watching me stumble through this is all that entertaining."

"I'll be back in my rooms. Come find me when you want a tour of the castle."

"Alright."

And to practice she goes, until she's run herself fairly ragged. She takes a bit to recuperate, then goes to find Elana.

Who is frowning while reading a slim book.

"Hey Elana. Interesting book?"

"Mm." She closes it and sets it aside. "Troubling, moreso. Have you finished?"

"Yeah, for today. Still up for that castle tour?"

"Yes." She stands.

Cathedral she's seen, main hall she's seen, that way to Harkon's wing, stay away. Library, alchemy lab, enchanting lab. Common quarters for the rest of the court, kitchen. Armory, smithy, archery range and practice dummies. And finally, in the bowels of the castle, the cattle pen.

She's mostly interested in the labs and library, somewhat in the archery range. She raises an eyebrow at the cells, but doesn't otherwise react; it makes sense, now that she thinks about it.

"Your time is largely your own, unless the lord of the castle calls on you."

"Alright. This place has pretty good facilities, better than anything else I've seen in Skyrim. Though the castle itself seems - a bit neglected."

"Yes. I am not sure why."

"Procrastination on cleaning?" she offers almost whimsically. "Or maybe they ate the janitor."

"A possibility I would not entirely discount."

"Probably pretty hard to hire good help out here."

"We travel all over Skyrim. Or we used to."

"There's been attacks, lately, all over. Do you know why the main court isn't traveling anymore?"

"I don't know that they're strictly not. Perhaps Harkon is conserving strength for something."

"Any idea what?"

"Not as of yet." A lie, strictly speaking. But it's still- too early, to involve her.

"The attacks have mostly been annoying in the cities, really. Not as bad as the dragon attacks, though I think a few guards have gotten killed..."

"Interesting. Standard vampires?"

"I think so."

"A distraction perhaps, or a warning."