The young sali turns away from the pair, neither facing the Forever One in front of them, their head bowed and fists still tightly woven. They shake it, in an exchange that can't be heard; that leaves the room eerily quiet, beyond the dulled sound of footsteps thudding somewhere else inside the building. The closer pair that comes up to one of the curtained doorways, pushing back the fabric to reveal a sali on the other side.

A mouth opens to speak, but the sali stares at what they see in Ryo and Jingyi - but then resume, jerking their head back. Beadwork curled around their horns jingle in the motion.

"I'm here for the healer. Someone wanted a cloak? -You should both come with me," they decide as they speak, figuring it better than whatever was planned. "To find a fit."