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"What is the Great Contagion?" The way he said it, and thus the way Aurelia repeated the name, had the extra emphasis of a proper noun. Any illness marked that way had to be disastrous, and therefor noteworthy.

She shrugged and smiled, making sure it showed in her eyes too. Looked like they were going the backstabbing but efficient route. If this wasn't a trap on the captain's part, they'd get to choose when to pick the fight. Minimize the effects on the slaves.

A shadowland? Aurelia leaned forward in contemplation of that. The term, if she remembered correctly, denoted a rare hole in the divide between Creation and a very real and physical Underworld. Completely at odds with what she was raised to believe about the dead. “Why do you believe everyone...

"Transporting slaves seems like a part of slaving to me." Jacquelyn scratched the side of her chin as she regarded the train. Keeping her weapon concealed was easy- didn't look like a weapon and was always hidden in the billowing folds of her robes.

"I'm always up for hearing crazy ideas." Their entire existence was an exercise in absurdity, so it was only fitting.

"Any ideas for a plan aside from go in swinging?" Jacquelyn studied the caravan with narrowed eyes. It seemed best to start in a point between the majority of the guards and the majority of the would-be slaves.

All the fine sticking points about distance and whose lands were actually being used swept away. A smile spread across Jacquelyn's face, and she turned to the direction the runner stated the caravan was, "Yes, I believe so. Shall we go borrow a few horses from Letti?"

With the flash of a golden circle upon her brow, Aurelia bound both parties to the agreement. She relaxed slightly. Insisting on this had tipped her Exalted status, but now Took could not go about and broadcast their presence. From the low price of a goremaul and a shield, he was also still...

Aurelia held up a hand, "First, it wishes to reiterate this agreement, as it will find it binding. In exchange for a goremaul of jade, maps to deposits of magical materials and for a shield of orichalcum the full and complete answers for twenty questions. These questions must be asked now, but...

"Will the veins be larger than ones which would provide for a goremaul and shield?"

She'd have to assume the deposits were larger than the shield and goremaul put together. Veins of metal were larger than that, were they not? If worse came to worse, the weight of the Enterprise would discourage slights and once the deal was made, she could reveal such information. It would be...

"This one wishes no harm on any. Only out of defense of self or others does it resort to violence." Aurelia let that settle before she continued, "After silence, this one requests information in two veins. One is knowledge about the great happens of Creation... it feels as though there are many...

Preferring to speak from the same level, Aurelia followed the elemental's lead and arranged herself upon the ground, "First, this one has been advised to ask for silence on this meeting and any agreed contact afterwards. It wishes for the safety of it and its compatriots and so wants no word of...

Aurelia bowed in return, careful to show deep respect but not subservience, "This one is pleased to make the acquaintance of a being from the noble ground. It called in hopes of speaking and making an agreement with the splendid elementals of the earth."

Ah, that explained why he came to speak with her about this, "This one would be glad to be of service." Aurelia gestured for the dragon-blooded to lead on.

"Indeed, that is riskier. This one doubts that captured fae would feel inclined to assist the Enterprise." She pondered for a moment, "While it would be an advantage to have shapers, the Enterprise needs no more animosity directed at it when it requires so many repairs. This one understands...

"What is the second and riskier option?" Aurelia would forever feel strange about this sort of thing. She had so little understanding of the rules of Creation, and was not even old enough to be a matron! Still, she knew enough that this was her destined position, so she'd fulfill her role as...

"Yes, go well and may success greet your every effort." Her appearance was a barrier to remaining hidden. Her skills were unsuited in a hunt for resources. She could not even pretend to organize a search for medical supplies in this cold corner of her new home. Even if she wanted to see...

Aurelia blinked and then nodded to Ikki. Sometimes she forgot not everyone shared her reservations about things resembling slave collars.

"When, then, will the Enterprise know if something has gone wrong?"