Nokosi, on the other hand, was minding his own business. He'd been kneeling down in the grass, examining the flowers that grew there even if he'd seen them plenty of times before. He did look up when Billy began speaking to Ellistree and his questioning glance was returned with a smike.

"Yes. I told her the most important bits first, of course." Unfortunately for Billy, 'most important' was fairly vague.