[ Yes, he was, wasn't he? She'd not spoken to him very much, truth be told; he seemed to prefer bleeding into the background. ]

Yara was the one who approached me with the proposal.

[ Honesty, for however much it is worth, would do her far better here.

There's a look of satisfaction settling in her features, melting the slight chill which had settled in her gaze as she broached the subject. Yara, Asha, these are details muddied by outside forces. Nevertheless, it is allies she needs, not answers. ]

We share that in common. [ A beat. ] And if you had the choice of who to swear your fleet to, who would it be?