Charchar and Bluey arrive at the Winter Palace

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Once the girl is laid down on the couch and everyone is seated, Glacie Arc is just about prepared to tell the story when Charchar Flare and Bluey Neidoc arrive at the Winter Palace. Charchar asks why Muddy isn't wearing a shirt and why there's a gem in his chest, and why the girl they've been chasing so long is just sleeping on the couch. Muddy explains that Glacie told him to take off his shirt, that he has no idea why he has a gem in his chest, and that the girl was actually possessed by a shadowy being named Talyx.   Before Charchar can properly express her confusion, Glacie asks who these two are, to which Zana replies that they're Charchar and Bluey. Remembering Starky's description of the two, she already knows that they're friends, and that they should probably be in on the explanation she's about to give. She offers to make everyone more tea, to which nobody objects.   While Glacie is gone, Charchar asks for Muddy to elaborate on what he just said about Talyx. Together he and Zana explain that the mysterious being claims to have possessed the girl they had been fighting, and that it told them to meet it at the Tower of Water before dissolving away. That's all they know.