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Kara: Kara had decided to take a walk in the town for a while with Nata, who was in a slightly fussy mood earlier. She knew that sometimes fresh air could help a person's mood, even if it was swelteringly hot out. So she had tucked up Nata into her her carrier backpack and walked over to town.

She noticed a semi-familiar face - maybe one she'd seen at camp before? - sitting on a nearby bench. He looked very calm writing in his sketchbook, but gave off a slightly eerie feeling. She frowned a little. Her knees were killing her, and she could really use a rest... After a moment of internal debate, with a little hesitation, she decided to sit at the far end of the bench, taking Nata out of the carrier and holding the little 5-month-year-old on her lap.

Kara: Whipping around, Kara's eyes narrowed at seeing only thin air. She had just been in a monster fight the other day, and she was most definitely not in the mood to be surprised. "Who speaks? Reveal and identify yourself," she spoke, forcing charmspeak into her words and projecting it around her.

For some reason, Nata just looked at Drew curiously.

Kara: Nata laughed unexpectedly, and Kara smiled with a mischievious twinkle in her eye. While she didn't like being scared, she did have a sense of humour, after all. "Well played, sir. But you shouldn't spill your secrets so quickly." She sent a small gust of wind to mess up his hair. "Who are you exactly?" She didn't need charmspeak now, probably, so she asked normally.

Kara: "I'm Kara, and this little cutie -" she bounced her baby on her lap - "Is Nata." She wiggled the infant's tiny arm. "Say hi Nata!"

Nata smiled a gummy, toothless smile. "Aaamplm."

Kara: "Nata wasn't having the best day on the whole, so I thought maybe the fresh air would help both our moods. I walked out from the, ah, cabin we're staying at and decided to visit the town." She glanced at Drew's paper. "Did you come to sketch people?"

Kara: Kara was surprised to see that Drew had already finished another picture. "You work very quickly... Gotta say, I'm impressed." Nata, in the meantime, seemed very curious about Drew's rings, leaning over in Kara's arms and trying to touch them. "Oh, sorry! She's so curious about anything shiny lately."

Kara: "Not for lack of trying..." Kara gestured to Nata opening her tiny mouth as wide as possible to try to fit the orb in, but instead just getting drool all over it. "She's chewing on everything lately. Hey, I wasn't positive at first if you were a demigod or not. How did you know you could reveal yourself to me?"

Kara: Nata squeaked at the yelling and dropped the orb with the ring, clutching her mother's shirt and beginning to cry quietly. Kara hugged Nata close and rocked her back and forth. "Hey, hey, it's ok lovey... He didn't mean to scare you. He's just having a tough time. Sometimes the world is mean to good people and things are hard." She looked over with warmth, empathy, and maybe even a little sadness at Drew as she spoke the last sentence.

Leaning down and picking up the orb (while carefully not dropping Nata), she coaxed the wind over the shadowy ball to dry it and clean it. After a moment, she offered the orb enveloping the ring back to its owner. "Are you going to be ok? I'm sorry to intrude."

Kara: "No no no, don't worry! I'm happy to help if I can." Kara raised an eyebrow. "And from what you say, your best "friend" keeps your life from being boring." She kissed the top of Nata's head. "I'm actually from the Hera Cabin. Yourself?"

Kara: "Oh, no, I don't think so." Kara held onto Nata a little tighter instinctively. "Was anyone hurt? Is everyone ok?"

Kara: Kara gasped and put a hand over her mouth at hearing that there were no survivors. "Oh gods, that's so horrible..." She looked down with a guilty expression. "I wish I was there... maybe I could have helped some of them get out of the building, or I could've slain the monsters."

Nata had been clutching Kara for the last few moments, but now was looking straight into Drew's eyes for some reason. "Malampft."