Ravenna's POV
The time I asked for, I used three parts.
The first twenty minutes I spent with Marcus, who had messaged before I reached the east gate and who I met at the small office he kept in the administrative quarter. He walked me through the same information he had given Valkor, which I knew because the two accounts matched precisely in content and sequence, and because Marcus was not a person who managed information differently depending on the audience. He said what was true to both of us, which was one of the things that made him effective and one of the things that made me trust him.
He also said, before I left," Recognition changes things in ways that are mostly protective. I want to be sure you understand the corollary."
"That I'm a more visible target."
"Yes."
"I've been
