I'm very good at it. I was in a cartography unit with the First Army, before ... everything else. [ she's grinning, at least, not taking any offense. frankly, it's bizarre enough to think about kirigan doing anything that isn't leading the second army. she bears no hard feelings over anyone who might wonder if the sun summoner was any good at anything but summoning sun. ]

I'd just hoped that after the rat warrens... [ she sighs. ] But you're right.

[ even when they had found her, kirigan had begun with disbelief and mistrust. he would have put her to death, she's sure, if she had been anything less than the sun summoner. the ravkan armies were at least as desperate as this one, and they viewed even hope as an enemy. ]

Anyway. It's smart of you, foregoing the kefta. [ she gestures at nina's clothes, then starts buckling the front of her own kefta. ] That's all I meant.