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1. Percy feels a brief protective alarm, while knowing Eldin is unlikely to be a threat.
2. His shadows have instinctively moved ahead towards Everly before he consciously commands them. His magic reveals the feeling his outward composure conceals.
3. Percy realises his shadows are missing and follows them. Resolve the apparent disappearance quickly.
4. The smaller courtyard is hedge-lined. The second gate into the coach-house garden is recessed behind the hedges and cannot be seen from the first gate.

Percy’s shadows are an extension of his own magic. He can command them deliberately, but strong emotions can cause them to respond before conscious instruction. They are not established as independently sentient.

His shadows can detach, scout, track, warn, return and reattach. Do not add a physical tether or fixed range/cost rules. The disappearance here is visual misdirection caused by the recessed gate.

Everly already remembers her past after the Moonhaven soul merge. Percy remembers his younger brother but does not recognise adult Jack as that brother; preserve the relationship reveal for the Hex meeting.

1. Percy accompanies Everly into the coach house, Jack’s former home. Eldin initially assumes they will both stay and seeks Everly’s consent.
2. A tiny mundane detail reminds Percy of his younger brother without revealing adult Jack’s identity.
3. Percy and Everly share a tender almost-kiss.
4. Only after Everly is safely settled, Percy’s Legion brand unexpectedly burns and summons him away. His departure is an interruption, not a planned drop-off.

Everly may notice his shadows and look back. Eldin may react cautiously to them, consistent with his fear of the Shadow Man. Neither response is fixed canon; discover the gestures and dialogue in your own writing.