"You want Adyr to join your team?" Liora asked again, thinking she might have been misunderstood.
Her surprise was natural. First, when she looked at the area where the Aqualeth Practitioners had gathered, she saw that aside from the Rank 3 Elders, there were only 19 Rank 1 and Rank 2 Practitioners with Maruun; which made 20, a perfect number for forming 4 teams. Inviting Adyr would mean dropping one of their own, which would be unusual.
There was another reason. Although alliances between races were common, Velari and Aqualeth did not have especially deep ties. The Legacy Domain was important enough that even races who trusted one another would hesitate to accept an outsider into their teams.
"I understand your confusion and suspicion, Lady Liora. I was also very surprised when my son first asked me," Balech Aqua began, noticing the doubtful looks.
