The recess lasted twenty minutes.
Aelara spent most of it standing with Vaelor near the side corridor, not talking much, the specific quiet of two people who had just watched something significant happen and were waiting to find out what it meant. The twins were nearby, Caelum going through the water and food Maren had arranged with the practical focus of someone refueling between tasks, Lyra sitting with her eyes partially closed and her truth-sense doing whatever it did when she was reading a room she could not fully see from where she was.
Maren was at the corridor entrance watching the main chamber doors.
