It hadn't remotely occurred to her that she could just go to the orphanages and adopt a toddler. Not that she wants to adopt a toddler, or anything, and it would probably be a bad idea given that the toddler might get murdered. 

...Given that Liushna was actually murdered it really seems like that might be a problem for her too.

"Have you thought about getting a bodyguard?" she says to Liushna quietly. "I don't know exactly what happened, but — I heard—"

"That I got murdered? Yeah, but a bodyguard who can't fly would just slow me down--they only managed to get me because I stopped to help someone, and a bodyguard wouldn't help with that because if I were sticking with a human bodyguard I wouldn't have been there to help them in the first place." 

He's annoyed Coelaris didn't ask him what spells are valuable. Fernando got it mostly right but still, it's the principle of the thing.

"And you'll still be able to fly with Rojix?"

"Yeah, he's still little enough I can carry him fine. An itarii his age wouldn't be able to fly yet, either, our flight feathers don't grow in until a little older." 

Nod. "...I'm glad you're okay, I was really worried."

Nod. "I was worried about you too, after...everything." By everything she more means Valia getting arrested and attendant events than the actual riot. 

"So, Delegate Kicharchu, is the convention the most time you've ever spent with humans? What are your thoughts the humans so far?"

"It is the most time I have spent with humans who could see me! They have so many opinions! It's terribly exciting."

"But, you know, all in all- do you...like them?"

"Yes!"

"Well, I ended up being fine in the end," she says to Liushna. 

She really doesn't want to talk about what happened in front of this crowd. For some reason she's noticed that it's kind of upsetting to talk about it at all, but that's kind of pathetic, whereas not talking about being arrested in front of some of the people here is just being sensible. It's not like anything actually bad happened to her.

"...Remind me after the party if you want the full story, I don't want to — distract everyone else." (It won't be the full story either way, but she's not going to just say that.)

"Speaking for myself, I rather like humans. Tillia?"

"I...suppose?"

"I expect this must all be terribly new for you, Delegate Imilce."

"Delegate Luishna- I believe I've heard rumors that you are in contact with Delegate Wain's little town- is that right? What are the present conditions of your people's trade relations, with them and otherwise? I imagine Delegate Leo might consider with interest the possibilities of traders not constrained by mountains or seas."

"Right now we have positive relations with Pezzack, yes--we trade with them, and our various tribes trade with each other, but we don't have regular trade with anyone else." She's not going to try to explain how the Itarii relate to the forests, right now. "The thing you have to understand is that the extent to which we act as a united government is--limited; the leaders of the various tribes do get together to discuss things, but it's rare that they make a decision meant to be binding over all the tribes. Not unheard of, but rare. And different tribes specialize differently, which means that different tribes have different ways of trading--like, the Waveskimmer tribe have started going out with Pezzacki fishing boats, which isn't trade exactly but is more like trade than it is like a lot of other things."  

To be quite honest, Feather doesn't like (Chelish) humans. She likes some individuals fine, but in aggregate... Luckily she is a druid, and knows how to like all life regardless of - personal interactions.

Liushna having died is as always terribly upsetting. She really hopes that now that she won't fly into danger now that she has a child with her.

...it's a pity there are no birds underground, or they could just fly up the shaft without magic. (Don't they have bats or something though? She has not studied the ecology of the Darklands, when would she have time.)

"Maybe you could work with climbing creatures, like giant spiders, to go up and down the shaft without magic?" she offers. Giant spiders she's sure about and they're also, well, giant and can carry some weight!

"Perhaps the Maritime Law is too limited in its scope and there should be a Law of the Air. For instance, if a Cargo transported by Wing is Dropped in a Fearsome Forest filled with All Manner of Monstrosities, does the Law of Salvage apply? It is Different, and yet Similar, to a Hulk on the Seas."

Lluïsa believes you can't have trade without lawsuits! Fun, exciting lawsuits.

"I think among humans trade by air is mostly conducted by wizards? That seems potentially relevant."

"I...  think it would be impossible to get everyone in a forest not to eat your dropped cargo, if it's edible," Feather says regretfully. "Unless the flyer comes down right away and picks it up. If it's inedible and you consistently label everything in a bright color, maybe we could teach everyone not to take it? ...really if you want to do it Lawfully the flyer who dropped it should be responsible for any damage it did falling down. A package falling from a great height could kill someone!"

"Mostly conducted by wizards for now, Delegate Liushna! As Aroden said, one must have the mindset for growth. I could certainly see your folk becoming a key aspect of the cheliax trade networks, with the concomitant wealth and influence" and assimilation.

“…I think that that would require a degree of assimilation really unlikely to happen in the next forty years.”

"Drow have some giant spiders but they are just impossible to train. They do not get the 'if task then food' feedback loop the way smart creatures do."

Yeah, that makes sense. Oops. "Then I guess I don't know what creatures live there who can climb well and are trainable, my instincts say there ought to be some and you should talk to an underground druid or ranger if you know one..."

"They have pigs! To eat, but they can train them first sometimes."