“Is it?” It wouldn’t have been odd to Cassian, who still feels like he knows little about their lives despite all he has learned. “Why?” Because there should have been a sense of kinship between them for coming from the same world, is the best he can figure.

“But regardless of that, yes, you’re welcome to invite her for your storytelling performance. We can see about having another get-together sometime soon.” Some kind of we-survived-hell-month celebration or such. “Maybe for one of your world’s holidays, even.”