I was grateful she didn’t inquire why I’d insisted the Court and the Trinitians should have appointed their own people to communicate instead of using me as the intermediary. She accepted my vague explanation of making it look good in the eyes of civilians while I’d have more time to focus on the more important task. As much as we needed to do everything to preserve the peace, we would eventually fail if we didn’t deal with the Snake’s agents.
After that, all I had to do was to escort her representative to Trinity, and at the gates I asked for Orla. Ignoring the inquisitive glare of her narrowed eyes, I handed the mythborn over to her and rushed away with the excuse of having another task to do. I didn’t really care whether she fell for it; all that mattered was that I avoided meeting Alb
