"She might drop by, but I don't think we should expect her. Or at any future meetings. She has another engagement." And he's even mostly gotten over the sting of that, even though it'd be extremely helpful to have her still active and around in Rifter politics.

He rocks back on his heels, shoving his hands into his pockets and really wishing these people would get around to inventing denim so that'd look cooler. He could've come with jeans, but nooooo, didn't have a body beforehand. "So you're gonna be the big brainiac sharing all the knowledge and taking notes, I gather. Which, that's good, because the stuff I've been looking up probably isn't stuff that's gonna be useful right now." He's moved on from the maps and geography, anyway, for the most part. "I'm thinking meet'n'greet, then a more formal sit-down for talking about what's what and address any immediate concerns. Lay the basics down for the newbies, field questions from the oldbies, I think. But there's still a lot we don't, collectively, know."