"It can't be," one of the teams that had followed whispered, stopping abruptly as realization crashed over them.
"He's going to Yino," another confirmed, awe and incredulity at the unexpected turn in equal measure, unable to quite believe what they were witnessing.
The Strahlfang watcher stopped too, staring at the bridge with an expression that shifted from confusion to understanding and then to something that might have been satisfaction. As if he'd caught Ren doing something foolish that would prove all his suspicions correct.
"I see you plan to go to Yino," he said, and there was something unpleasant in his smile, something that suggested he was already composing his report in his mind. "Unknown territory. A big risk for a student, don't you think? Maybe you should reconsider. Go where the others go. Where it's safer."
