[ She wants to argue with him, and he knows she does too. It does take her by surprise. She's led the Grisha, but even just barely so. And that was a small number and people she knew. These are all strangers and somehow they've trusted her from the start and she's done a lot here.

But thinking about here in general... they cut to the heart of why they're out there while their earpieces rest in Korol's paws.

She keeps her voice low, still speaking in Ravkan only. ]

Like the Chimera? [ She says straight-up, her voice dropping even more at 'chimera.' They have no other word for chimera but the word itself. ]

They appeared right when the puzzle started and left fast. We didn't have any trace of them until that moment.

They also breathed fire and... nothing about them seemed to match with the rest of the animals here.