"Great," she says with little enthusiasm. "So he may turn up again." So she can experience the heartbreak in reruns. Just what she needs.

At least this situation with Salvio is a distraction, except he doesn't seem to be having an easy time of it. If the old seneschal is dogging his heels bitching about nothing, then Tessa's going to do her best to reassure him.

"You mean he's following others, or other seneschals are following you? I hope you know that the opinions of dead people mean zilch in the here and now. You keep on doing what you're doing."