An interesting lighting choice, she thinks while swallowing clear liquor. It says more about the Cantata’s crew as a whole than an entire heap of words might have.

So does what happens next, but the translation on this one is thus far more opaque.

Jedao reacts to something - about Remi? Others in turn move in apparent reaction. No one makes any sudden motions however and one of the former Kel, Seyli, is nearby. Xiulan frees her hands up by leaving her glass on a table and drifts to a better vantage point, noting Sasha and Sulen’s locations in particular.