The Imperial did not budge from her position, but again, she did not grow any more aggressive. She brought her spear into a slightly more relaxed position, though it would be easy to bring the weapon to bear quickly. "Maybe. If you know what that is, then you might know why I need to be absolutely sure of who I'm talking to before I say anything. You said you're part of the war effort. Does that mean you're from one of the clans? If so, which one? And who are these 'others' that you're with?"

S'ajira too was now a bit more comfortable with relaxing her guard, given how this Imperial was speaking. Leaps, meanwhile, was certainly on his guard, but no one was acting quite aggressively enough for him to attack without being told. S'ajira wanted to have some kind of assurance that they weren't being tricked, so she quickly scrawled a few more words on the ground, then lightly nudged Sabine's side as she pointed to them: [i]Ask if they know me.[/i]