Dragoncrest Cliffs every war has been this one

dio's presence is noted without turning her head, too alarmed/curious by the weird dude and the -- well, the everything. ajatar's message is confusing to her -- a war? hadn't they had the war? she opens her mouth to say as much  but doesn't get a chance before the other woman introduces the rest of the motley crew and elaborates. 

the shilkru wracks her brain, trying to remember any messengers. they've had arrivals from the other gedas but none that have talked about a war -- so with a quick glance at dio to confirm as much, blixen says carefully, "we didn't recieve any messages." she's hesitant to explain nomi's condition, especially with this weird fucking guy piping up all of a sudden. her eyes narrow to an amber glint, peering suspiciously at him for a moment before looking back to ajatar and helix. "heda is here," she says, more or less sure they could probably kill the weirdo before he made any moves on nomi (the rest seem..fine, probably, especially if ajatar's with them). with some misgivings she adds, "she's recovering from an illness at the moment,  but i can take a message to her, if you need." if dio decides it's fine to bring them in, fine, she'll defer, but for now? nah.