Sasha nods. "We're going to seem strange no matter what we do. Reshad suggested posing as pirates, and I think that makes sense. But the less seriously people take us, the easier it will be for us to accomplish our true goals."

Green saint, she thinks, if you can arrange for all of our chaos to be fake, I'll... I don't know how I'm going to manage it, but I'll go back in time and plant you a fucking forest.