“I really hope this is a onetime thing,” Zorian groused later to Daimen. “You were supposed to explain these sorts of things to them, Daimen.”
“I did!” Daimen protested. “They just wanted to hear things from you, I guess. Can you blame them?”
“I guess not,” Zorian said. If Daimen had explained things fairly, then these people must surely know it wasn’t Daimen who was really in charge. It made sense that they wanted to talk to the people who were the source of the temporary markers and have firsthand information. “Anyway, did you get your team ready? Will the Taramatula really cooperate when you inform them you want to send their best trackers all the way to Blantyrre?”
This was the main reason he and Zach wanted Daimen’s cooperation and why they allowed him to include so many people
