"I can only really take credit for the renewal," Raine said. The work she put in, of course, but she was familiar with the way the grandiose architecture struck people initially, and that had been there all along. "The building had simply gone defunct, and Milyn thought it would be best that its usage was picked up again in the same spirit. Give me one moment--" She nodded a brief apology and detoured back to the kedan she'd been talking to before.

The rest of the conversation was short, quiet, and ended in smiles, both women evidently satisfied with the exchange. When that was settled, and her student on her way, Raine circled back to Zatanna. "My apologies. You caught me right in the middle of something. You said you were curious; were you simply hoping to look around, or did you have more detailed studies in mind?"