"Wow, I didn't know we could get an Astra-path Spark here." Adyr pitched his voice in a thoughtful and surprised tone, loud enough for everyone to hear.
The intent was clear. Because this Spark was unknown—and judging by their faces, not even Thalira or Brakhtar recognized it—he chose to mislead them into thinking it wasn't Ignis at all but a gift from the tower on the Astra path.
"That's Astra? I thought it would be Ignis. Too bad." Thalira reacted first, disappointment touching her face. For a moment, she had considered buying it off Adyr to use herself.
She had no reason to think he was lying. Astra was a versatile path that aligned with anything physical, and a cloud, being a tangible phenomenon, could plausibly fall under it.
"Well, this tower is a treasure. Sparks from other paths aren't strange." Maruun gave a small nod, finding nothing odd about it.
Only Brakhtar fixed him with an odd look but offered no comment.
