Iawa unconsciously stands up straighter: she has certain reflex responses to an Andan with that look in their eyes.

"Thank you for coming so quickly," she says, meeting Ashari's gaze unflinchingly.

[Ashari doesn't have to enthrall Iawa -- Sasha or Mikodez would probably be both more plot-appropriate and funnier. But they can if they feel like it (thus generously offering Sasha and Mikodez an attack of opportunity?) and making ill-considered stands for poorly thought through reasons is kind of Iawa's thing.]