Ashelia shook her head. "I couldn't say for sure. Some kind of vile mixture of magick and technology. Its destructive capabilities were horrendous to behold."

She opened her mouth to respond, but stopped. "Walk with me, will you? We would do better to be more difficult to overhear." The young queen nodded, turned and began walking, albeit at a slow pace.

"I speak of Princess Sarah of the Kingdom of Aqures Ixen, back in Crystallis. Of Sen Riqeaux as well, surely, if mine eyes do not deceive me. This place is an exact duplicate." She was doing a lot of head shaking lately. "Thus is the true identity of the little girl you've no doubt heard has appeared before various newcomers."