"It is not in my opinion like that."

"Anything we can do to help? Or is it too secret for that?"

"I think you should just wait for the announcement but if it is going to really bother you all I have not actually been asked to keep it strictly to myself."

"I'm happy to wait! Just, if there was anything I could do to help, I'd want to help."

"That is very confusing, paladin girl. Why would you not prefer to learn as soon as possible?" She turns to Blai. "Select boy, what is the news?"

"Her Majesty means to declare a new crusade and appoint me its commander. I have to make a speech."

"Congratulations!" She pauses. "Er, I mean... I don't mean to say you shouldn't be nervous... but really, I can't think of anyone I'd rather have in charge."

Lann looks like this is just about the single best news he's received in his entire life.

"A third crusade? Did something go wrong with the second one?"

"As I have just today learned the second crusade successfully placed the Wardstones and established the treaty but did not actually cause there to not be a problem any more, and there have been a third and fourth since then, making this the fifth."

"There have been four already? I must have been gone longer than I thought. Everyone I knew probably thinks I'm dead."

"That would not surprise me."

"You were alive during the Second Crusade? I hope you will permit me to conduct an interview later. As for you, select boy, I am grateful for you informing me so that I can ensure I am present for the announcement. Such a momentous occasion surely ought to be commemorated in the Encyclopedia Golarionnica. I will make sure your words are recorded accurately for posterity." 

"...understandable."

She bites her lip. "Are you worried about the speech, or about the Crusade, or both?"

"...why do you ask?"

"Well, if it's just about the speech, then you'll be alright once the speech is over. ...But you don't have to tell me if you don't want to."

...he can't think of any concise true useful thing to tell her about that besides "sorry, I'm just like this" which he also does not want to say. "I have Eagle's prepared, which should help with the speech," he says.

She nods. "I think it'll be okay. You're a good person, and a brave one, and I think people will be able to see that, even if you aren't sure of it."

"...thank you, Ember."

"Say, what route will this crusade be taking? Am I correct in presuming that it will be venturing into the Worldwound?"

"Eventually."

"That is most fortunate. During your time in Mendev, have you encountered any mysterious individuals in long black robes, saying things like 'I am the answer, but what is the question?' and 'The absence of an answer is an answer too'?"

"Nenio, you were there when he met them."

"Excellent! That shall make it much more likely that he can understand my explanation. You see, I have attempted to plot their trajectories during my time in Mendev, making allowances for features such as walls that might disrupt their movements, and I have determined the approximate location where their paths converge. It is located within the Worldwound, near a site of ancient ruins rediscovered during the early crusades and believed to far predate the founding of Sarkoris."