Felix caught Travis's expression and walked up to lay a hand on Travis's shoulder.

"Yes, we encountered losses. And as tragic as they may seem, we musn't falter. Artos was well aware of the dangers, as were all of you. You all decided to venture forth regardless. We will keep Artos in our memories. But we must focus our efforts on what lie ahead." Felix pulled out the paragon from his jacket. "Take pride in what you all have accomplished." 

Felix flicked his wrist, pulling a spherical mana crystal container, with a brass colored flat metallic disk through the middle of the container.  Felix tapped the container, it opened at the disk seem. The disk had a large diamond shaped hole in the middle of it. Felix calmly placed the paragon inside the diamond hole in the disk, and it began to float in the middle of the disk. Felix closed the sphere, the container letting out a hissing sound as it became, no doubt, hermetically sealed. He then used mana to levitate the sphere onto a golden stand that was sitting on the coffee table. 

"The case I placed the paragon in masks mana waves. It wouldn't be good if Thadeus tracked us here through the paragon's mana signature now that he knows what to look for." Felix sat down on a leather chair in front of the coffee table and folded his hands. "Now then, Travis, could you please recount to me what exactly happened after you all entered the paragon chamber?"

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Raiya walked over to the kitchen and checked around the cupboards looking for alcohol. There was a large horizontal rectangular cabinet on the edge of the counter. She reached to open it but discovered it was locked. With a bit of magic, she jimmied open to lock to find a fully stocked bar. 

She mixed together a long island iced tea before sitting down at the table that Nemo was at. She leaned back in the wooden chair she was sitting in, withe her feet up on the table. Her boots just almost in Nemo's way. Just enough to be distracting in his peripheral. She sipped on the drink while leaning back, paying no mind to anything. Just unwinding from the battle that had commenced.