There was a hum of acknowledgement from Gallus as he looked back down at the sketches. He curled his lips and thought for a short moment, wondering about anything else they might not have considered. Fall-back plans and rally points had been set out and the contingencies were in place. Mostly, the plan hinged on getting the gate stuck open. For that, Gallus looked up to the leader of the team responsible for it.

"Miranor, you already know how much we are going to depend on your team for this assault to work. I trust you have everything you need?" Gallus' look was intense, "You mustn't fail."

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"Pain?" Tzirret narrowed his eyes in confusion. He replied with a hint of shock in his voice, "This one did not ever want to hurt Ma'tanza. He didn't think that it would..." Tzirret stopped himself and tried to make sense of it. It never seemed painful for La'khay, although she did warn him never to rush, else...

Tzirret's expression turned into one of realisation. His softened his voice again, trying to be sympathetic. "Ma'tanza, did...something happen?" More dots connected in Tzirret's mind and he turned his head slightly, still looking at Ma'tanza's face. "Did someone hurt her?"

In the interests of sensitivity, Tzirret did not bring up Qa'habi, despite his suspicions.