[It certainly can be, and for all that Emet-Selch has grown accustomed to using his own magic as either a distraction or something to call attention to either himself or something he might otherwise wish to have that attention on, he is certainly no stranger to the idea that it might also be a more personal matter. Especially when the matter of emotions or personal desires begin to color the shape of any given sort of magic.

Still, he leaves that line of thinking be, and instead offers a simple nod in answer to her comment before falling into step with her as she starts to make her way back to the settlement.]

I am hardly surprised. Even before... recent events, Solvunn has ever favored the Old Gods. It is hardly a surprise, then, that older forms of magic should remain here, when they might not do so elsewhere.