Altar of Twilight I am bouncing off these walls

Good - they were flirting, now. At least, that was how Alya took it. His acknowledgment of her beauty and title might've been enough to appease her, but it was so much more satisfying for her ego to be actively pandered to. In response to his sweetened tones, the dark girl took a few steps closer, and graced him with a half-lidded stare.

"I walk the outer territories," said Alya, drawing herself up and circling around behind him. "And I see what there is to see. And when I get home, I relay it all to Hydra." She came around so that the last word could be brushed against his ear. It was a move that both Hydra and Lyra said was quite titillating, but this was the first time she'd used it on a stranger - or, indeed, on a member of the opposite sex.