01-14-2015, 08:49 AM
Tehya arrived neither early or late. Her lips pressed a grim line at the idea of so many of her brethren in one place at one time, not for self-serving reasons - though it was not a place she found herself comfortable being - but because it felt like a dereliction of duty. The Atharim were meant to protect, and the ceremony and pomp of such a meeting grated when the city was left so unguarded as a result. And for what? Still, she came as obliged, and hoped it would be over soon. Back home the congregation of so may would have been considered a disagreeable waste of time, unless there was a threat that warranted larger groups to work together. She considered the things Aria had told her as she slipped anonymously into a seat, too preoccupied with her own thoughts to acknowledge the faces of those she recognised.