You should know that I don’t hold any rank or authority.

[ There have been more pressing threats in years past. Before Riftwatch or after it. Their food has arrived, and he is briefly distant as the scent turns his stomach. ]

I only know what I see, and what I’m told.

[ He’s more tired in saying so than he was upon his arrival, his fork turned and lifted. ]

It’s nothing more terrible than anything you’ve already contended with, I’m sure.