Trahearne paused, bowls in hand, and glanced over at Cassian. The distraction was failing, curse it all. Coming up with solutions was more his forte, not sitting and waiting. But here they were, sitting and waiting.

"I know very little of you Cassian, aside from that you know Tannusen and are 'catholic'," he said calmly, not letting any of his own worry show in his voice. "He has mentioned you reside in Everglade, which makes me curious. Why there? Especially with the recent situation involving the city guardians, I would imagine few would want to live there at all."

He couldn't convince Cassian to pick a topic to talk about, maybe he could talk about something anyway. Something to draw his attention, hopefully.