"The magistrate has had this pet for quite some time. What does this adult look like?" Mikodez says, his mind racing. Alaric might be working against the revolutionaries -- or just Sulen and Ashari. Even a foreigner could see (or should've been briefed) on how Rahal and Andan were regarded in society, and it had been easier to leave the crew to go along. Was that a warning about a pact with Sasha? Did they find more Nirai experiments?