[ Luna on the other hand is looking a lot more at ease and comfortable. Granted she hasn't been outside today, but she is very much enjoying the benefits of magic atmospheric charms. Yesterday had been quite trying whilst she worked on getting them up and running, though. ]

Hello, Alayne—! ... You look a bit fed up. [ Tact? What is that? But she does look quite concerned, her brow furrowing. But she quickly moves on to the other girl's questions — about the moon. ]

Oh. Well, no. [ That's the short answer. But she'll elaborate. ] Unfortunately there's not really anything one can do about the moon. The moon just... is.

Pthumerians acts in ways that are often difficult for Humans to understand. They're not... people. In truth, they don't understand us as much as we don't understand them. [ Thus the whole idea about uniting the two races, creating beings like Julia Sodder. ] I don't think her to be angry, and I don't think a Pthumerian as powerful as her would be in danger of Corruption.

She just... is who she is. The moon brings the tides that offer water to nourish, but it also brings the floods that devastate.