Ha. Hardly what she'd call an asset anymore, expelled from the haut as she is, but she voices none of this to Duv. She merely smiles in that distant way the haut seem to have.

"It seems to beyond understanding for some," she says, which is Cetagandan diplomatic speak for we know it's opaque and we like it that way. "I'm sure some of the ghem would be willing to educate you in the ways of their culture if you ask."