"I guess. Did you really just swing by in case I was bored enough to tell anyone who asked where there's treasure?"

"You're acquainted with the fact that some people'll pay for information. Far as I know I wouldn't be selling it to anybody who wants worse for you than a solid stint in Saint Whoeverthefuck's, if that matters."

That gets a little bit of a smile. "Hadassah. Husband was an angry drunk and she patiently obeyed him and kept his kids out of his way until he kicked the bucket and she could take his money and get all her favorite religious books copied by captive pregnant teenagers."

"And here I was told women's monasteries were expensive because they didn't generate revenue from labor. Maybe it's very expensive to teach the pregnant teenagers to read."

"No one's tried teaching me to read. Spin cloth, yes. I have no idea if it pays my room and board."

"Sounds dull."

"'s dreadful. You could break me out."

"I'd rather Nirvana than Elysium, I'm trying to cut down on blatant acts of illegality."

"I thought it was the Abyss regardless?"

"I'm not sure they're right."

"Man, that seems even more pathetic than what the rest of us are doing. At least we're all groveling for the approval of a system that bothers to wave in our face the proof it'll work if we try."

"I mean, also nonzero of the contents of your rap sheet are actually bad."

"Guarantee you whoever you work for's just as bad."

"Then maybe I won't break them out of monasteries if it comes up either."

"Still not totally clear on what you want, here."

"Answers to my questions. Also wouldn't turn down the treasure."

"All right, what're the questions?"

She reads them off again.

"He's dead. He's also dead, I think. That one's still alive last I heard. I dunno who he works for. Not even a good question. Everyone works for everyone. Yes, that includes Cheliax, why wouldn't it? Still don't have any reason to tell you what they're all after."

"What would be such a reason if you had one?"

"Ride out of here. Protection, maybe, if it had some plausible configuration that wasn't a ride out of here, but I'm not thinking of any. I guess you could credibly threaten me?"

"Hm. Are there visiting hours every day?"

"Ah huh. Dunno why, it's too far for families to visit regularly."

"Maybe a decade ago someone was like 'we will have visiting hours every day' and everyone is virtuously obeying them."

"Can you imagine the kinda person who decides this is what they want to do with their life? They're all horrible."