[She let her gaze linger for a few moments before nodding, hefting her bag over her shoulder since it seemed like Maren had dubbed it all clear. At the question, Kazue shrugged, entering the building without so much as glancing at the doorman bowing to greet them.]

I’m only renting out the top floor, and half of it is for the servants. The rest of it has occupants.

[She started up the stairs without thinking, glancing over her shoulder.]

It’s smaller than what I’m used to but it’s on a lay line so it could help with Awakening.

[Or at least that’s what she’s heard all of her life, and there’s little research to support the contrary.]