"...Okay."
She turned to July. "We might as well make some distance between us and the town, let things calm down, then plan our next actions. Is there another horse somewhere I can use?"
@J. Magi
Ma'tani turned and finally saw what had happened. Her eyes widened.
...What?
Without waiting for an answer from Rye, she walked closer to Jolane, but not too close.
Ma'tani smiled slightly. "Maybe I need to give the people of this country a little more credit."
"It wasn't magic. It was a firearm. The people of Shenai have found a way to make a black powder that explodes violently when ignited. They've used it to make weapons that launch a metal ball at incredible speeds. Fast enough to kill someone." She turned back to Rye. "Though I've never seen on that small. Or that precise."