Bastien's eyebrows go up at Tav's response—and up, and up. He gives Byerly an is he for real sort of look, half because it's an excuse to look Byerly in the face for a moment without it being a fretful, yearning thing, and half because is he for real. But of course he is for real. This isn't even the weirdest story Bastien's heard him tell.

His head swivels around to Teren when she laughs, curious, and he keeps looking at her while he says, "Shouldn't have led with you, huh?"

With a rifter, he means, and in another situation maybe he would say it with some real teeth. Being impressed by rifters' odd and wondrous lives all the time can get a little exhausting. But he doesn't want to give away what Tav and Vlast are. That might warrant a hastier response from the Venatori than the mere presence of anchors.

"Your turn," he says to Teren.

Odds seem even she'll refuse, but worth a shot.