[ There's... silence, at that. Outright silence for a minute, two, and then? Sevika starts laughing. Oh, how she laughs. Of all the things to learn— ]

I can't believe it. [ No, she can, actually. ] There I was, telling Talis he was just trying to play hero, but it was you all along. Fired? The day after the fairgrounds? Yet you kept going. Damn, you couldn't let go, could you?