Raisa relaxed as the words filtered through her mind, only slightly visibly so. It certainly made her tail flick again, this time like a contented cat. Perhaps this beorc was more laguz-like than her fellows after all; none of this business of hiding thoughts behind a thoughtless mask, or keeping secrets.

At least it certainly didn't sound that way, which to Raisa's yet half-trained ear was enough. And the positive outcomes only sweetened her opinion of Rome still further.

Perhaps she would come back here at a later date, to learn more of this ruler.