"Tag along with us?" Fendros lowered his brow and flicked his eyes between Neesa and Lorag. "Against Vile? I...I cannot believe this." He ran both hands back over his hair. "Who else knows?"

"No one else," Janius answered. "We're working on what to do next, okay? None of us are happy about it, not even her." He looked at the back of Neesa's head. "This could go either way."

Lunise regained a little composure when Neesa unhanded her. "All either of us should care about right now is whether that worth of yours shall prove itself in the upcoming invasion," Lunise said. Her tone was as dismissive as ever, though she gave Meesei a fleeting glance. That glance signalled that Lunise believed that something was not quite right about Hal-Neesa, beyond what they definitely knew. Exactly what that was would have to be conveyed in words between Lunise and Meesei.