Orien takes a deep breath. "If I can, I want to go with Inric and find out about the history of his kin. It's clearly different from Ahl Serin." "You want to go with a stranger neither of us knows?" To Orien's dismay, Knawan Ysenna looks more shocked than pleased. "Tiero did!" she says defensively. "That's not the same thing at all. We don't even know why he came here." "He wanted to look at my uncle's books!" "Why? Did he want to buy one?" Orien drops her gaze. "I don't know," she admits. "He could have been planning a burglary," Knawan Ysenna says, and Orien bristles. "He was not!" "In any case, I cannot see that running away is the solution to your problem."