"When I spoke to him, he seemed to indicate that he had no wish to go after you," Kaya said. "It'd be pretty sour grapes to do it anyway: what would be the point? He was all obsessed with world conquest, and that gets thwarted once you realize that there is no world to conquer, right? And besides, there is going to be security detail at the Prom- if he tried, his butt would be in th brig so fast his head would spin."

Kaya looked up questionably, then realized her cheeks were flushed."Oh! That...that must be the effect of the mead, I can stop now."

It had nothing to do with the talk about Nokosi, definitely not.