[ They were of the same mind. Silco would prefer the lanes, but they both knew that Vander was inordinately attached to it — the same as Silco was, gee, who would have thought? — and he wanted nothing more than to avoid the man like the plague unless he had a way to kill him finally. That wasn't happening at the moment — he would have to plan it out again, especially given that he was nearly a decade older and didn't have the advantage of power, money, and a factory full of shimmer to get the job done.

Shame.

But it sounds like Sevika can rectify that.

Really, what would he do without her? ]

Did you?

[ he asked, leaning forward with interest now. ]

We'll have to figure that out. Given the... "color" [ variety ] of the buildings here, I am assuming that the worlds the residents here are... [ He waves his hand, searching for the word he's trying to think of. ] converging.

It may be possible, we'll have to do some more digging.