"Well we're already here at the palace." Jessica remarked, pointing over her shoulder at the no-doubt impressive looking gates behind her. "Might as well see if anyone's here first." She turned around and approached the gates slowly and as non-threateningly as she could, which considering how she looked made her seem pretty much entirely harmless, to see if there would be some kind of reaction.
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As Loki left, Nybeth-Crow took flight and followed after him. After losing track of Loki when he disappeared, the crow started flying around for a bit to try and get its bearings on where it was. After figuring out its general orientation and location in the mountains, it made its way back to its cave. It then transformed back into Nybeth, who then entered his cave and began working on his zombies once again to kill time while waiting for Loki to contact him.