[ Sylvain blinks at her, because no, that's not familiar in the least. ] Who?

And I'm not sure they've specifically frightened them for that reason. I think all of us are pretty aware of the tensions between our factions at times. Especially when it comes to the Free Cities and Thorne. And from what I understand, the Thorne Summoned have to be pretty careful in what they do and say in general there, so maybe this is just more of the same. Then again, with as volatile as their Queen seems to be, I'm not sure I'd want to be on Thorne's bad side if I were stuck within its borders, either.

[ Everything he heard about Thorne just made him really grateful he'd landed in Cadens with Claude instead. ]