Lera inwardly winced. She recalled the things that Alex and Akhi told her, the hard lessons she learned. Maybe it was wrong.

She nodded, though.

"Yeah. I'm going to leave a letter for Acher--I'll tell him to contact Ferrus," she said. She had to finish that letter tonight, while everything was new and fresh from her conversation the day before. "Plus... other things."

She kept her expression level, revealing little. There was still some annoyance in her mind and some worry. She knew better than to admit to them too readily.