Arkangel chimes in, "The dragon Nyneve is said to dwell at the top of the island's mountain, and sometimes visit the shrine at the base. I'm not entirely convinced that she exists. But perhaps you could try to simply ask her."

'Ambrosia', 'Thariza', 'Dr. Arnold'. The names are not so familiar. Shi tries to recall, were any of them slated to do anything terrible enough to appear in Winds's divination, their crimes writ across the face of history? It gets so hard to remember.

"Hello doctor." There is still a hint of weariness in the voice.
Hmm. Not gentle. Not a man. But as a land-owning armiger, arguably a gentleman all the same. Probably not. True gentlemanliness requires participation in a system.