Ashari catches Mikodez's gaze and trims a fingernail with their dagger without looking down. "In four sentences or less," Ashari says sweetly, "I want to hear you make a case for how you can be of use to us, other than as a space-frozen hull ornament for our moth friend."

They add, to Sasha, "And four sentences on how we can prevent the galloping disaster this foxling made of himself even after his extraction."