When was the last time we have seen anyone in a white robe apart from Elidibus? Even Mistress Venat says she knows some will find it actively scandalous. Not that she cares, mind you, she'll do it all the same.

[But Hythlodaeus is not wrong. Mistress Venat has been around much longer than they have, and she sees things much farther than Achelois can even imagine.]

I will not say no to food. I could not really bring anything edible back this time.

[And she sounds a bit put upon about that. Truly nothing as funny as feeding Hades some of the stuff she brings back and making him admit he likes it.

Still she looks around, with that weird feeling under her skin again. Here, in this place that belongs to him, she feels welcome and home. But outside the walls, the city is starting to feel strange an alien.

She starts musing out loud almost without noticing.]

I wonder if this was the same for her, when she became Azem. If she also started to feel strange whenever she came back.

[Maybe she should just ask.]