"Yes, he is," Raine replied, and tried to give Eda their best reassuring look, but internally they felt all...bad. They didn't want to show Eda. They didn't want to reveal that he'd been there, with them, the entire time. Not because Raine didn't trust her, or didn't think she deserved to know.

But rather, the guilt extended past just having to hide Crash away. It extended deep into their feelings towards Eda and how much had changed, how much went unspoken, how at the end so many things had to go under her radar for Raine and their Palisman to be safe.

Showing Eda would put so much out on display just by the questions it would bring up. But, there wasn't much sense in stalling.

Raine drew a spell circle, and summoned their violin. They looked down at it, and very timidly held the neck of the violin out to Eda.

"Um. He's here."