Himeka's brows raise immediately at that. It isn't as if Ambrose takes casual strolls through the basement to be hassled for answers by the prisoners, to be sure. Himeka herself and only seen him recently when the guards from Hayle had handed her and her merry crew back over for imprisonment.

"You spoke with the High Mage?" she lowers her hand, but doesn't let go of the roll. "How did you manage that?"