[ She purses her lips slightly and shakes her head. ]

Eponine said that my scales may make me stick out like a sore thumb, but it wasn't so. Hayle is a much too busy place and it was relatively easy to just get lost in in the community thrall of daily life.

[ Himeka looks back up again, leveling her gaze with Relena in a fashion more serious than she has been inclined to be. Estinien had always filled in the room for harsh cynicism, Himeka preferred to believe in the good in others, much to her own detriment. ]

It was the sigils. They say more than whatever our alignment is. Mages can scry them and find out that were are branded as enemies of the state.