"Things were pretty grim but she didn't even give me a chuckle. Didn't believe it for a second either." As tempting as it is to lie and say Hect confessed back, she knows it won't work. Camilla rumbled her instantly, didn't even blink, so it'll be the same with Pal. "I told her the truth, and she just came out all knives and teeth. The Sixth knows how to train them."

Gideon looks at her empty cup and glances back at the rows of ice cream. "... I'm going to go blow my mind with another. What else is good?"