There wasn't much to do at the moment, she mused, sighing. True, while she didn't have the poor attention span of a certain hyper idiot, even Lady Harken got bored. Well, that, and she was cold. Actually, she didn't know why she even stuck around the ruined castle of Arctica… it was colder here than at the Photosphere. Yet, it was still… almost like home. Provided it was warmer.

Being one of the Metal Demons who felt better around a certain element -fire, in her case- she hated the cold.

Just like Zeikfried was uncomfortable around water, Alhazad when underground, and Belselk being even more of a lightning rod than anyone else. Even Zet, who typically annoyed Alhazad into electrocuting him on a relatively regular basis…

Although, the little doofus was probably the one that had it both the easiest, and the hardest, when it came to the elements… The only one he was particularly weak to was lightning, but he had no particular strength with any, either.

Fed up with the cold, Harken teleported to one of the many beaches around the world (Ahh, how hard the humans must have it…), ending up facing out to sea west of the humans' Royal City. She smiled, pleased to finally be warming up a bit, and away from the snow and under the sun.

It was odd, really… The feeling of being at home in a castle built by humans for humans situated in the country of snow and ice… She was a demon, not a human… Harken shook her head, trying to clear it. She was being ridiculous. Besides, if it was anything to be concerned about, it'd be nagging at her even more.

Time to think of something different, she decided, trying -and failing- to force her thoughts away from the irritating little problem. Maybe it was important, then, if she couldn't stop thinking about it.

But she really couldn't think of an explanation for it. Lady Harken, the Red Quarter Knight, was having a confusing issue with a ruined human castle, of all things. It was even more ridiculous than she could've thought at first, she realized, especially when she thought of it like that…

She felt something approaching, and turned, counting to three with a slight smirk on her face. Sure enough, Zet came into view, complete with falling a meter or so from mid-air.

"Nice landing, I'd say about an eight."

"Huh?" the green-haired doofus said, quite eloquently, too… not. "Whaddaya mean?"

She rolled her eyes. "Never mind. Are you running from Alhazad again?" Of course, there was no real other explanation… He only left the Photosphere to get away from the other Quarter Knight, after all. Well, that and to explore, and if it was that, he'd have gone to the Gate Generator instead.

"Hell no! I'm… uh… checking out the scenery!" he exclaimed, crossing his arms. She didn't bother calling the obvious lie, simply shrugging and turning back to the sea. "… So, uhm, what're you doin' here?"

"Hmm? Heh, thinking, that's all." She said. "You have my permission to stay, if you want, just don't make a racket."

Harken could almost hear him steaming at that, widening her earlier smirk. "Hey!! I can keep quiet, ya know!"

"Then do so."

"Guh… Do I have to?"

"… Yes." her shoulders started to shake from silent laughter. She had to give him this much; he was taking her mind off of the castle. "But if that's really too hard for you, then just keep talking to me… but make it intelligent."

She glanced at him, and smiled widely at his exasperated expression, and twitching eyebrows. "Yeah, yeah…"

"I know… Do you know why you aren't 'active' to anything?"

"Why that?"

"It's intelligent."

"Damn you! And it ain't intelligent, anyways!"

Harken made a show of sighing, internally laughing hard enough that she'd have gotten stitches. "Fine, you can leave, then… And I suppose I'll inform Alhazad of your whereabouts?"

"… You're really manipulative, y'know…"