To confirm- all the papers the magister had on his person or on his apprentice's were in plain Tevene?

[ he disapproves of vedici playing tutor. it reeks of a scheme to play the cowed lion and earn some measure of her complacency, but it is not his place to lecture her and so he minds his tone. ]

That is to say, we do not have a copy of their current cipher in hand? I would vastly prefer we decode it ourselves.

[ but back to the somniari: ]

Why do you suspect a child? Has the magister said something to lead you to this?