I hung up the phone with a frown, putting it in my satchel.
"Well?" Zrazta asked, sipping at her milkshake.
I just gave Mister Castle a basic report on how things were going. I didn't tell him about the hidden society of magic users. They have kept hidden somehow, for all I knew they were monitoring the phones.
There has to be something they are doing to keep hidden, perhaps even disappearing people. I didn't want to put him in danger by telling him everything before we knew, at least not over the phone.
Shaking my head, I looked at my half-eaten burger, "Now, we use what local currency we have and make our way north. As much as possible using local transportation, I don't want to be picked up by sensors."
Zrazta frowned slightly but nodded, "From what you told me about the weapons here, I rather not be hit by one. Even with the armour you made me."
"I never felt like trying it," I answered and shrugged, "But it should stand up against most common things fairly well."
Armour or not, I had no intention of getting hit with a missile if I could possibly help it. Zrazta was a larger target as well. No way I'm putting her in that kind of risk!
"Mmm," she agreed and stole one of my crisps, "We will travel by…" she started to say before she frowned, "Ship?" she guessed.
"Likely train," I said and picked the burger up again, "Can't do flight, trains don't have the same checks… I think. Should even be able to sneak onboard."
Zrazta nodded and looked out the window to the sidewalk outside, "Like when we got inside the plane?"
I nodded, "Yeah. But when inside, we hide somewhere. It's a public way of transport, you'll see."
She nodded again and stole another crisp, "…Are all your trips like this?"
Grinning, I nodded, "No, this is rather different," I admitted, "But they are always interesting."
"…Do you wish Sheila and Rengosa were here?"
Smiling, I reached to take her hand, "Yeah, I wish they were here with us. Do I wish they were here instead of you? No. I love that you decided to come with me."
That got me a bit of a brighter smile and she stole another crisp, "These root things are quite good. Not like those on Azeroth."
I just nodded in agreement, "Just not very good for you," I said and then let go of her hand to reach into my satchel to pull out a map to spread out on the table before taking off my tracking necklace.
She watched and nodded, trying yet another of the dipping sauces. I bought one of each, because why not.
The way she stuck her tongue out at the taste almost broke my concentration so I quickly closed my eyes and focused on weaving the spell. Luckily, we were in one of the corner booths and it was out of direct sight from the counter.
Besides, not like this was very flashy.
The connection finished and I felt the link form and I started to channel the spell into the crystal.
Finishing the spell, I opened my eyes and the crystal flew from my hand, bouncing off the map and rolling onto the table, onto the seat next to Zrazta.
She leaned forward and twisted the map slightly to read the text, "Somewhere in 'Scotland'`?" she asked and tilted her head in question, "What is a Scot? I thought humans were the only people on this Plane?"
Don't laugh, don't laugh, don't laugh…
From the look I earned I apparently didn't hide it well enough. Annoyed the Consort, annoyed the Consort! Abort! Abort!
I cleared my throat, "Ah, yes. Just humans, it's a semi separate… state I suppose. Or was before they were integrated into the British Empire?" I said and frowned, "To be completely honest, I'm not entirely sure, I don't really remember any details from before I arrived on Azeroth. All I know is that they are part of the entire Great Britain area."
Zrazta frowned at me but relaxed again as she nodded, "I see, so when do we leave?"
"We can go now if we are done," I said and folded the map up.
Shouldering her bag, Zrazta got up and then smiled at me, "We'll find her."
Sighing, I got up, drinking down the last of the coke before I picked up our trays to dispose of, "I know. Just worried."
"Don't be. Alexis is strong."
"Yeah."
She was right. But still, I couldn't help it, she was my friend and I had the right to be worried, damn it!
Dumping the trash, I walked outside into the darkening evening with Zrazta and then looked around, "…And I just realized, I have no idea how to get to the train station."
"Could ask someone?"
"…Yeah, I guess that works." I admitted and looked around. Who to ask…
Pausing, I facepalmed and turned around, walking back into the restaurant. Why make it more difficult than it needed to be?
AN// Big thanks to Seonor for betaing this section. Sorry for late post, this was meant to go up earlier but I got distracted.
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