The booth was her last task for the day, and so Talia turns towards the castle, matching her pace to Gabriel's if he chooses to follow.

"Not normally, but this isn't exactly normal, da?" She sprinkles in Russian every so often, but lacks the accent when using English. Practice and punishment took that away fast. "We have a physical list of sins that can be seen or displayed at any given moment, we have our secrets just out there and usually by means out of our control, so. I decided it wasn't worth hiding certain parts of me."