"That's a shrug from him, and an agreeable nod from me."

"Thanks."

He stands.

"You guys can hear me even if I walk off, right? Because if I can't get past the border patrol I'll head home."

"Yes, I told it to show him and it'll keep showing him until I tell it to show something else," says Tarakova. "Unless he's somewhere private. The seeing pool won't peek in people's bedrooms for me."

"We can, but it won't let us see and hear you when you're somewhere private, so we couldn't talk to you while you were in your bedroom. ... Also, honestly, I feel much better about the seeing pool not peeking in people's bedrooms than the alternative. Like, even if you weren't ever going to use it for that, just as a - a way this thing is laid out."

"I did try it, but mostly just to see if I could."

"... Fair enough." He has had a while to eventually get bored and try it. And he's admitting it, instead of not.

Shrug.

"Rylen, any holes you have that I can patch while I'm thinking about it?"

He considers.

"I'm sort of wondering how the other side of your earlier conversation about whether my sister was trapped forever or temporarily caught went, but I will understand if you'd rather not talk about it."

"I don't mind if you repeat my end," he says to Navethae.

"Well, now the problem's with remembering it," she says, wryly. "Tarakova has a guess about why the place is keeping me, but it seems like an awkward guess and he's not completely certain of it, so he thought he'd hold off on it for now, because having an actual person to interact with is a little overwhelming as is. He promised to tell me later, when he was less overwhelmed."

"Fair enough," agrees Rylen. "Thanks."

Awkward shrug.

"Awkward shrugs from us both," pronounces Navethae.

Rylen snorts.

Tarakova laughs too.

Navethae smiles, pleased.

"I'm glad you find my sarcastic exploits amusing."

It occurs to him to say, "If you want to talk to your brother alone for a while, I can go away."

"Oh, um. Tarakova's offering us time alone if we want it, I think I'm okay but you might not be?"

"Nothing for now, I'm getting the impression this isn't a one time thing?"

"Yeah, I think I can just find this spot and get to see you whenever I like. Right?"

"I don't know if the pool will do what you tell it to, but I'll leave it showing him if I use it for anything else."

"We could always test it right now," she points out.

He shrugs. "Ask it for something, then."

"Right, uh - I'll let you know when I'm looking at you again, Rylen - show me Karaille."