The group began to divide near the residential towers.
Toven resisted longer than everyone else. He had transformed Lucavion's refusal to explain his dancing into a personal dispute, and his voice continued along the frost-lined path even after the commoner residence came into view.
"You answered six questions without telling us anything."
Lucavion appeared to consider that an achievement. "Consistency is generally considered a virtue."
"Not when you are consistently avoiding the question."
One of the Linwen twins called something about Lucavion's former career as a traveling ballroom criminal, while Caeden continued insisting that the footwork had come from combat. Lucavion entertained both theories without confirming either, offering enough amusement to keep everyone speaking and not enough truth to satisfy a single person.
Elara listened from farther back.
