Ah; from Tevene. I began working with Mssr Vedici to learn the language, and he was one of several sources I checked my work against once I had.

( It takes her a moment to parse what he says about Atticus - jostling the fact she isn't officially speaking of him at all against the fact that she is absolutely speaking about him, in another form - and ultimately leaving it unanswered. The words I do not refer to Mssr Vedici in this taste bitter, and if they need not be explicitly said, she will simply leave it alone. Whatever it is he doubts, they seem to be approximately on the same page. )

Indeed. And, of course, our first priority cannot be the safety of an enemy weapon, but.

It would not be my preference to have no option but violence to respond to a child used against their will.

( She has no such illusions, in truth-

but the whole of the truth would be a much harder sell. )