[Klue Malinconico]

No magic, Klue had remarked inwardly while pulling his hat from his head and wringing it out before putting it back on. The Thane had made that plain enough in a way coming to emphasize a particular charm to be expected of her in the future, or rather lack thereof. Just as well, truth was along with knowing none of it at all Klue didn’t care much for magic, likely it was his own keen interest in how things worked without it that drove his thinking. Still, either that thing out on the water was either aln uncommonly rare natural anomaly, maybe come of components of sea water reacting strangely to a violent electrical and rain storm for instance - funny how he thought of the farfetched possibility when it was too late to mention it, or a thing come of magic and it would be nice to know which. He wasn’t suggesting it though, the voice behind the hand didn’t seem amenable to changing its mind.

”Yes ma’am,” he said of assisting in the evacuation and darted a glance at Ality when Lady Glory pointed her out and named off a few more individuals to be deputized. He wondered if they’d met, Ality and Straylor. If not it would make for interesting observing but he’d places to be and doors to knock on. ”Constable I imagine word’ll get round fairly fast, I’ll grab a few volunteers and start in th’ Sticks, sweepin’ th’ neighborhood and knockin’ on doors t’ make sure no one’s left b’hind or refusin’ t’ budge. I know most of my neighbors there,” he said and took off, pausing by Ality before he headed out. With a shake of his head he pulled his hat off his head, wrung it out again and stuck it on hers. ”Ye look like a drowned rat, don’t linger too long get yerself off safe with th’ rest.”

Then seeking out Seth he headed his way. ”She’s a real piece o’ work,” he dared say of lady Glory under his breath with a dry smile when all official ears were well away. ”No one knows what that thing is but we’re evacuatin’ the city up t’ th’ hills in the north b’fore it gets here. There’s been word t’ deputize ye but if ye want t’ come along I’m off to the Sticks t’ knock on doors an' make sure everyone’s goin’ as they should, get th’ old folks movin’. A handful of ‘em I suspect will want t’ hunker down an’ ride it out an’ there’ll be convincin’ ‘em different. I want t’ see Sophie and Amos off with Kat as’well since I’ll be needin’ t’ stick around till all are safe and away.”