Eventually, Loki managed to calm Fafnir down, the dragon returning to her perch she was sitting on previously. With that, Loki turned towards Rita. "I am going to look for the propper plant to use as a fuse. When done with sowing the pouches, hand them to Nybeth, would you." he said, then going to look for the plants, as he said.
As she worked, Ba'ul laid his rather heavy head on Rita's lap. He looked up to her, still expecting food.
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"I wish I knew that beforehand..." Erica grumbled. Focusing, she held up her right hand, in her palm faintly glowed a sphere of blow-ish light. With the spell primed, Erica carefully peeked her head out of cover and clasped her hand, casting the spell. Erica now saw the predator, and every other living thing for that matter, highlighted by a shimmering glow of the same colour of the sphere she was holding, light from the sphere still seeping through her fingers as long as she had the spell active. She looked around, trying to spot the predator.
Valentine stayed in cover until further notice, not being able to do a whole lot without know where the enemy was.
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"Well, they're not attacking anywhere, since we haven't had a report of that. So, they've maybe been sent out scouting an area..." Richard answered Envy, thinking of a reason why the group would leave, but the Xiphatian army remain.