Now that Moana had joined their little group, life was getting much easier for Evangeline. The Leviathan was not only incredibly skilled at finding people and things with her magic, but she was also better at bribing and coercing Laura into behaving.
The Opal Prismatic Dragon had not taken her newfound freedom well, and was at a bit of a loss, filling in the emptiness in her thoughts with constant social interaction. Now that they were free individuals, even the clones couldn't communicate directly with each other without a specific skill allowing them to.
That was hard for Laura, who was used to constantly asking herself for advice, and balancing her ideas against the other copy of herself, just to make sure that she thought it was an entirely good idea.