[IRP] The Dead One Calls

[Lavi]

Cecily did not expect to see Satsume sitting outside the tavern. She also wondered why the others were not with him and immediately thought of Paige's worry that Shad is off on some crazed self-prescribed mission. It did not seem like Satsume is out here to escort them to the table: that is reserved for butlers and maids, not knights.

"They better not have eaten everything," she added with her cross-but-not-serious look.

She looked towards the door, half-expecting there to be a surprise waiting for them on the other side. Given the atmosphere that the company has experienced, it would seem like an elaborate joke for the townspeople to be gathered inside for a shout of surprise when they enter. Cecily turned her gaze back towards Satsume, who took a moment longer than he should have to fabricate a reply.

"Please tell me that they are having dinner in there," Cecily said as her cross-but-not-serious look became a serious look.

The lady felt her own stomach grumble. Cecily hoped that was not her own conscious answering for Satsume.