"Then not Anakin."

Serious nod.

"I understand."

"I'm not in a rush, so - you can get settled and talk to him, first."

"Will you be waiting somewhere?"

"I'll be lurking on the roof, like a proper shinobi."

"We'll find you when we're ready, then."

"Alright."

And the rest of the way to the suite. Shinrei leaves them at the door. 

Inside.

Anakin can be reassured his grandmother will be okay, and she'll get his impressions of the new people, see if he has any concerns.

Elaise is... Odd. Not much like his grandmother, but - a lot like her, in other ways.

...The girl who freaked Ani out and the mirror of Occlus's old apprentice are married, by the way. They seem very, very protective of each other. 

Well. Good for them, if they're happy.

Anakin should try to make friends, Occlus thinks, most of their alts here seem around his age.

Or close enough - Elaise is just about his age, while Tobi, Sayuri (the girl who freaked Ani out), and Chihiro (her wife) are something like four years younger.

Within the margin of error.

Four years is a lot less of a difference than it seems.

"Yes, grandma."

"No sass, young man."

"Absolutely no sass whatsoever."

Occlus laughs.

"If you're settled here, Ani and I need to go up to the roof for a time. Try not to eavesdrop, hm?"

"I'll be good, promise."

She nods at him.

Then back outside for her and Ani and jump up to the roof.

Shinrei meets them there. "I would actually like much of this conversation to happen somewhere secure," she says. "It touches on - some very highly classified things."

Everyone is still very politely pretending not to know Shinrei is Yagura, after all.

"What do you consider secure?"

"There's a conference room within the diplomatic residential area that relevantly counts - the people it's insecure against already have access to this information."

"Very well. Lead the way."

To the suite, then. "Who was her mirror in your world?" she asks, in the tone of someone who already suspects the shape of things. 

Ani doesn't seem able to answer.