In response to Acheron's question, Black Swan said that they wanted to ask her the same thing.
After a brief silence, Acheron said, "Perhaps it isn't as complicated as you think. This was all thanks to... a Masked Fool. Perhaps something I said unintentionally hurt her... After a burst of dazzling colors, I found myself here."
Listening to Acheron's description and recalling her own brief encounter with Sparkle, Stelle found it hard to imagine just what this frequently lost ranger could have said to that Fool girl.
But considering how Sparkle had suddenly taken it upon herself to throw her and Firefly into this primal dreamscape, all Stelle wanted to do now was give Acheron a thumbs-up and praise her with a "Well done!"
Beside her, Black Swan narrowed her eyes and stared at Acheron. Only after a moment of silence did she hesitantly speak. "You... aren't hiding anything, are you?"
Looking at Black Swan, Acheron gave a short chuckle. "Hiding something? I don't think I could do that in front of a Memokeeper."
Acheron seemed not to have realized what the problem was yet.
Stelle, meanwhile, admired Black Swan's manners. Despite being a Memokeeper with the frightening ability to peer into memories, she actually refrained from casually using that power to obtain whatever information she wanted.
Stelle's opinion of Black Swan rose.
However, while Black Swan might indeed have had good manners, they hardly extended to asking others for permission before using her own powers. In truth, her hesitant conjecture stemmed entirely from another reason.
Remember her mild PTSD symptoms at the moment? The strange ranger who had left her at a disadvantage was none other than Acheron, standing right before her.
Silence fell again. Black Swan looked at Acheron with an odd expression. This was the second time