With Erika, Mel, and Aira back home, the rest of their companions and friends were not too far behind them. The first to come after them were Amedith and Liliyana, both of whom had taken a small detour to clear their heads before arriving at the mansion. Moxy and Choux soon followed their scent. Shutting their business for a day, the girls came with the dragon and a chilled wooden ice box full of expensive ale.
Sitting in the open air with the hero's group, Moxy started opening the bottles and passed them around. Staying by the front gates, they watched the paved road for signs of anyone else they knew coming back home. Bottles were toasted, and stories were shared, but they were mostly confident in what the party had seen and not what they felt and had experienced. The threat of Nerva was already a cloud looming overhead, and to share it with someone like Moxy and Choux would be like sharing a curse to damn the other person for no reason at all.
