Pel goes a bit quiet, then gets out of the hot spring. Someone is right there with a towel, then a robe, and Pel sits by Ellana, as close as she can be without upsetting the attendants working on her manicure.

"You have family. You have a sister. I know we were never really close before, but I'd like to be now. I'm not First anymore, so there's nothing stopping it."