[ Navia can understand the frustration. If it were a person trying to hold her up with demands for sweet performances with another victim, they would get a sound walloping with her parasol. She's a busy woman, and it's presumptuous and rude!

This situation is a little different, however--she has no parasol with which to wallop, and she's not exactly in a huge rush to get anywhere important. That doesn't mean she's going to wait here just to see how long the painting can hold them hostage. ]

I'd rather not. They're sure to have more time to waste than either of us is willing to spend stuck here.

[ She extends her hand to him, noting the Dendro Vision he carries. So, yet another resident of Tevyat has been dragged here. ]

I'm Navia. Alas that we couldn't meet under different circumstances, but we can still make the best of a bad situation.