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Her shoulders tensed a tiny bit as she detected the approach of another. She turned her head at a suitably lazy pace to disguise her unease, and had to school her features from surprise back to cool indifference as the woman before her bowed. "Good evening," Alya returned, inclining her head a small measure when the stranger was in a position to see the gesture. "Why do you bow to me?" she asked, not exactly saying that it was incorrect, but certainly wondering at the implications.

What she wanted to ask was do you know who I am? But no one had bowed to her at Moonspear, either, except Dash or Daddy when they were feeling silly, and not for a long time, either. So she didn't really think the girl had been sent for her. But that didn't mean Alya wasn't interested in picking up a follower, depending on the mental stability of the other girl.