[center][img]https://i.ibb.co/0CZnHYX/Orion-removebg-preview.webp[/img][/center][sub]Interactions/Mentions: [@c3p-0h] Tia [/sub][hr]
[indent][color=#ffffff]Orion watched silently as Tia retrieved her notebook, her fingers trembling slightly from the cold. There was something about the way she moved, a subtle grace that reminded him of a still lake—calm on the surface but with depths he couldn’t quite see. He waited, sensing there was more on her mind, something she hadn’t yet voiced. But when the book and pencil slipped from her grasp, sinking into the snow, his instincts kicked in. He almost stepped forward, but then he noticed the shift in her—how her gaze turned distant, unfocused, as if she were no longer standing there with him.[/color]

[color=#ffffff]His breath caught as he observed her. The way her body stilled, how her breathing seemed to stop—it was more than a mere distraction. He hadn’t seen Tia like this before, lost in an apparent vision, but it left him feeling unsettled. His hand hovered near her shoulder, an unspoken offer of support, but he didn’t touch her. There was an aura of fragility around her at this moment, and he didn’t want to disrupt whatever had gripped her mind. When she finally came back, her breath ragged and her eyes wet with unshed tears, Orion felt a tightness in his chest. Something had changed.[/color]

[color=#fffacd]“Is there another… priestess? Here?” [/color][color=#ffffff]Tia's voice, when she spoke, was frail and shaky,  which only deepened his concern for her. Orion’s gaze followed hers toward the town, though nothing seemed amiss to his sharp eyes.  Still, he trusted her instincts. [/color]

[color=#0054a6]“If there is, I don’t know of her,” [/color][color=#ffffff]he replied. Whatever had just passed through Tia’s mind, it wasn’t random, and, perhaps, there truly was another priestess here that she needed to see. [/color]

[color=#0054a6]“I can make inquiries… if it would give you peace of mind.”  [/color][/indent]