"But how would they get the couples to observe the holiday, is the real question."

"Bribery, I assume. Bribery and blackmail."

"Oooh, could we be obnoxious to each other and apologize later and collect valuable prizes?"

He laughs. "Hmm. Maybe, but do you know anyone that would give out prizes for that?"

"No, I do not. Alas."

"Ah, then I'm afraid we have no reason to. It will remain an option if the holiday is ever made."

"Yes, that's reasonable. I knew there was a reason you were a priest of the Church of Sense."

"You doubted me? Goodness, it's almost like you don't jump into making opinions without making sure you have all of the facts. Carry on, Inquisitor."

"I love you," she sighs happily. "Right, since we're probably too spooked to do much more exploring today, remind me how long until you can teleport us back? I don't think we're spooked enough to demand it of Zeviana."

"I love you, too. I think it should just be four or five hours, shorter if I nap, but eh - kind of makes me nervous to fall asleep here."

"I can stay up - do you wake up any faster in emergencies?"

"Somewhat, yeah. I mean I don't think any spells I do will be cutting edge or well-done immediately after waking up, but adrenaline is a powerful thing."

"Okay. Well, if you want, you can nap and I'll sit up and not go too far, but it's not essential."

"... I'd prefer to stay up. Not comfortable enough to fall asleep here, sorry. I am 'spooked' and they had weapons pointed at us."

"Okay." Pet pet.

Hug! "Is there anything we should do while we wait? I don't think I'm up for going to a city, but maybe there's some interesting wildlife around here."

"Sure, we can have a look at the less inhabited places - you're not worried about robots there?"

"I am worried about robots everywhere but I'm trying to do constructive things while we're here," clarifies Adarin.

"Okay. We'll fly slow - how much does scrying drain you, do you want to keep a lookout ahead?"

"It drains a bit, it would mean we're here longer regardless, I'm not sure how willing you are to do that?"

"I'm pretty calmed down and inclined to believe the robot about all units having been alerted that we aren't unpronounceable-scum. As long as we don't go too far from this city we're not at much risk of straying into unpronounceable-scum territory. And I packed both lunch and dinner."

"All right," he says carefully. "I'll avoid scrying if I can but use it if something seems suspicious. Should we -" (He winces.) "use the limited time we have here to investigate the cities? I am kind of uncomfortable with it, but we do need to be economic with mana."

"I want to go talk to at least one robot some eventually, and if you're up for it being today it can be today. It did stop aiming weapons at us after we repudiated those no-good unpronounceable scum invaders blah blah."

"Do you want another few minutes to calm down a little farther?" Isabella asks gently.