It tells Ioane a few things. They're wanting for coin, which is the most important. Second, they want it enough to take in travelers they don't bloody know.

Ioane puts a plan together fast. Here's hoping Ser Reed can play along with no damn coordination between the two. She's never been much good at teamwork, Ioane reflects, but then, she's never had a reason to be. "Thinkin' about it, like," Ioane says, shrugging her shoulders. She can play the mouthy servant with confidence, enough that she forgets, for a moment, that it's not a lie. "But I been hearing summat about haunted cellars. Ain't interested in gettin' cursed, us."