Knots and wires, Sulen is worried about what Sasha will do, not about the beautiful Shuos operative. It's almost flattering.
If there's any chance at all that Sulen is working for her now, though, rather than providing a side-channel for Ashari, she owes them some reassurance that she understands what that entails. "While we're making comparisons--Ashari reminds me of my mother. It wasn't clear to me, at first, that they believed the obligations of command go both ways. I hope we've reached an understanding."
Sasha knows that in their own strange way Ashari is careful with her, which means she's better off than when she first decided to change calendars. But she has people of her own again now, too, an entire team of humans and very vulnerable mothlings. The potential cost of fucking this up is nearly higher than she wants to look at. "I do know that I am obliged to the people who work for me. Including Reshad. And Mishka and Aymad, for that matter."
Re: human resources
If there's any chance at all that Sulen is working for her now, though, rather than providing a side-channel for Ashari, she owes them some reassurance that she understands what that entails. "While we're making comparisons--Ashari reminds me of my mother. It wasn't clear to me, at first, that they believed the obligations of command go both ways. I hope we've reached an understanding."
Sasha knows that in their own strange way Ashari is careful with her, which means she's better off than when she first decided to change calendars. But she has people of her own again now, too, an entire team of humans and very vulnerable mothlings. The potential cost of fucking this up is nearly higher than she wants to look at. "I do know that I am obliged to the people who work for me. Including Reshad. And Mishka and Aymad, for that matter."