[ Adrasteia shakes her head. ] Rank and authority don't always mean that someone has seen what's happening around them, and a lack thereof doesn't mean you don't have points that are solid.

[ There's a little headtilt, but she doesn't say anything more about it. Instead she smiles. ]

I can think of several things I've seen in the Deep Roads that I hope never reach the light of the Gallows dawn.

[ She pulls the plate of sausage closer to herself and picks up one of the forks from the center of the table. ]

What sort of things do you think I should be worried about, in Ellis' absence?