Teysa used the gala with characteristic precision. Honouring Kaya and the Agency advertised Orzhov generosity while reminding both guests of the debts Ravnica believed they owed. Every toast presented unity; every conversation showed how unevenly the invasion had been remembered.
Kaya returned to a home that treated her as both saviour and absentee. She had fought on New Phyrexia, yet Ravnicans measured that service against the streets she could not defend. Teysa understood the contradiction and pressed on it because affection never stopped her from keeping accounts.
When Teysa was killed, the house became evidence. Etrata’s reputation made the first conclusion almost irresistible. The city could blame a known assassin, seal the record and preserve the comforting belief that its institutions had already recovered.