Rayla was walking around, which almost seemed pointless at the moment. If they were right, the only ones after them were Soren and Claudia, but that didn't mean she wasn't going to keep an eye out.

She hadn't talked to either of them since the other night. She didn't feel up to fighting with them, too, and she knew that's all that would happen.

But, inevitably, she ran into one of them. Specifically, Claudia.

She was sitting in the grass, underneath a tree, while Rayla was walking past. There didn't seem to be any point to it, not even a book and she didn't appear to be observing the nature, more or less just staring off into the distance.

Perhaps she was thinking, lost in her thoughts or something.

"Ugh." Rayla stared at the human. Her expression was difficult to make out, her hair was as it usually was again.

"Hey." She said. Her voice was quieter than it usually was, which might have been what made it sound less enthuastic, "Do you want to sit?"

She gestured to a spot next to her on the grass. Rayla walked over, only to pull our her swords and climb the tree, sitting on a branch. Claudia covered her mouth, as though she was attempting not to laugh.

"I'm not gonna attack you, you know."

"Maybe not," Rayla replied, "How do I know you're not lying?"

"Well, I don't think attacking Callum's other friends is gonna make him feel better." She explained.

"Probably not."

Rayla looked down at Claudia, and Claudia looked at her. It seemed like at least a minute passed before Claudia smiled, "So, are you going to come down here and sit? It's nice down here."

She jumped down from the tree, sitting underneath it in silence and keeping an eye on Claudia. They had to be up to something, after all, and she wasn't about to fall into whatever they had planned.

Despite how focused she had been on Claudia, she was still surprised by what she said.

"How come it's taking us so long?"

"What?"

"Callum and Ezran said they became friends with you pretty much instantly," Claudia continued, "And Ez keeps saying we'd be friends if we just got to know each other, but I don't think we've gotten any closer than when we first met."

"This is different. I trust them."

"So do you only become friends with people you've tried to kill?" Claudia asked, though it didn't appear to be a serious question.

"No."

"Then how come?"

"You called an egg a dangerous weapon, for one." Rayla argued, "And I know you're up to something."

"Isn't it?" Claudia replied, "And in my defense, I didn't know he'd be so cute."

"No! What made you even think that?"

"That's what my dad said. He took it to protect us," Claudia explained, "That Zym would be the most powerful creature in the entire world and that the elves and dragons would use him against us."

"How does that make any of it okay?" Rayla questioned, "He still stole it, assuming that we'd use him!"

"Well, how does attacking us make it okay? Weren't you on an assassin team?"

"The humans attacked us unprovoked, we just wanted justice!" She continued arguing, "And I tried to convince the others to call it off when we found out about the egg, anyway. Zym is our only chance for peace."

Claudia smiled, which was slightly confusing, "I see."

"What?"

"I think we're starting to get somewhere."

They argued for quite awhile, maybe even a few hours. There was a few things they argued about, and some of the topics weren't even that serious. Sometimes, it didn't even seem like they were arguing, like maybe at some point they just started talking and they didn't even realize it...

But eventually, the conversation topic changed to magic.

"I don't get why Callum won't just let me teach him magic."

"Maybe because you don't know any." Rayla responded, although she knew that wasn't entirely true. Claudia did know a little.

"I know plenty. Just because it's not primal magic-"

"And that isn't magic. It's just horrible."

Claudia sighed, "We weren't born with a primal source. Unless he gets another primal stone, he's not going to be able to do anything. So I don't see why he doesn't at least try it out. There's nothing wrong with it."

"There's a lot wrong with it!"

"Like what?"

"Like what? Are you serious?" Rayla questioned, and suddenly she didn't know why she had been even starting to like the human, "Everything! You're using innocent creatures to make breakfast!"

"So? Who are you to judge, assassin?"

"That's different, and I'm barely even an assassin!"

"Well, my magic is different than you think it is." Claudia argued.

"Not really. I think I know pretty much everything I need to." Rayla stood up, prepared to walk away. This wasn't really a conversation she wanted to be having, honestly, she had been trying to avoid it.

"A lot of it's mostly just things like spiders, you know."

"Why would that make it any different? They're still living creatures. They have families." Rayla said, "They're not that much different from you, and they're not that much different from me."

"Maybe," Claudia sighed, like she was already tired of the argument, despite how short it was so far, "You know, we're never gonna agree on this. So maybe let's just, not talk about it. I mean, friends don't have to agree on everything."

"Friends?" Rayla asked.

"Might as well be, right?" Claudia smiled, "I mean, since Callum and Ezran like you so much. And ideally, Soren and I will be going with you guys, so it's not like we can avoid each other."

"We could." Rayla smiled at her, "But I suppose it wouldn't hurt to try and get along."

Neither of them said anything else for a few minutes, mostly just looking at each other, and maybe this could work out...

"So your brother. He's uh..."

"Yeah."