"She wants to wash her hands of it. Said it was mine, now."

"Can't say I entirely blame her."

"Yeah. She probably won't want to be involved in the planning more than peripherally, come to think of it."

"If your memories are accurate enough, we shouldn't have to."

She nods. "And we've gone over the recent divergences already."

"Are we going to want to move on this soon?"

"I'd like us to move in the next week or two. There's forces in my world that might've noticed me and my girlfriend taking away Naraka, and the - pieces for a very, very hard fight are already on the board. We'll want to cut those off."

"Let us know when you're ready to begin, then."

She nods. "A few days, perhaps, then I'll call a planning session. Get everyone up to speed on the strategic front - there's one enemy we need to remove who I can't even track, so I'll need help with him."

"I'm sure we can find a way."

"Thanks."

"If you need anything in the meantime, you have only to ask."

"I'll keep that in mind, and get out of your hair for now."

"All right."

And she's off, back to her girlfriend and Naraka.

"So this is a slightly worrisome development," Eliana says to Mora.

"Very much so."

"Though I think the Keres is perhaps handling it better than we would've guessed? Just, second hand."

"Mm. Protective instincts, I would say."

"Yeah. But - she hasn't set that world on fire. Yet."

"Hisame wouldn't like that. And the brother was already dead."

"Point."

"So instead she's... nesting, I think."

She smiles. "Keeping her girlfriends safe?"

"Waiting until they're ready to fly again."

"They're kind of really cute when they're not being highly concerning."