"Is there somewhere they are likely to be?" Aneth suggests. "Or somewhere we could wait?" "The kitchen, I suppose," Anvar says, pointing ahead of him. They turn into the kitchen and Anvar stops abruptly. "Oh -" "Greetings," his mother says to the lady waiting there. "I am Carianaya Sen-Sorathiran Shir-Kassilian of the Sarayan clan," she says in return, lacing her hands in the polite gesture of meeting. "I am Merianethel Sen-Tahallin Shir-Jiyaranis, of the Seth-Varouin clan", Anvar's mother says, with the same gesture. Carianaya relaxes fractionally. "Ah, you are here to see Invarioneth," she says. "Among other people," Aneth says. "There's a visiting scholar here called Kasivelieth Sey-Dariyavis. I am most interested to meet her. For multiple reasons." Anvar stares at his mother in horror.