Private Finished Delphi - Not the Oracle, the Bookshop!

"People don't often intend for things to happen, and someone with bad intentions could still hope things end peacefully," she said quietly, "Besides, if Cornelious knows your powers, he can easily circumvent them too", not convinced Corneliou was as nice as pretended to be. "Also, why else would Aslan be so upset."

Something then just occurred to Zora, something she had not considered before, "Does this mean that Cornelius is also a regalia? Is that why he wants somebody to take over the throne?" she asked intently, wondering about Aslan now as she mused her gaze also fell on Ithai. "Can they pact too?," she wondered.

"I don't know if it's a secret..." Zora admitted, "But, it' not exactly common knowledge that he's a prince of anything, and especially regalias. And, I honestly didn't know he was a regalia himself, but maybe... it is just me," she said unsure of herself now. She'd swear he hadn't made it public knowledge, but she wouldn't swear to it either.

"That's exactly what I was thinking," Zora admitted with a sigh, "It seems like we were told just enough to keep us from asking deeper questions..."

"It's a little unsettling," she said "I am now wondering if I should just pull out," she thought about her regalia, and wondered how much they actually knew. She had a feeling they were in the dark as much as the contestants.

"No, I guess there isn´t," Zora agreed, "Except that I don´t want to, that would be just giving up, and I don´t want to do that either." she told Ithai. "If I quit or stop playing, I feel like I have given up when things are getting difficult, and that's just not me..."