Once the Warden is returned and Ashara is present, Herian glances to make sure the door is closed before proceeding.

"Thank you, Scoutmaster. Lakshmi Bai has summoned us all to a meeting, and you were erroneously excluded. We felt it necessary for you to join us before we proceeded further, although I will... advise you that you missed a very compelling," the word is clipped, "demonstration."

In the worst case, the rifter could be accused of blood magic. In the best case, of having an over-generous flair for the dramatic. She thinks better of saying that, and goes on, "she has made it clear that she is eager to cooperate, and expressed her thorough disdain for self-righteous, boot-licking noble whores and disingenuous religious fanatics," take that as you will, "and also advised that she considers self-immolation a reasonable resolution. Hopefully that will not be proven necessary."

She says it all with her typical calm and seriousness, before she looks to the other division heads. It really is strange having to do this with such an audience, but here they are. Would either of you like to add, or shall I go on?