[ it may not be fair, but ness absolutely perks up at both petrana and stephen being rifters. natives just... she's gotten lucky, between cedric and julius both being willing to help her instead of reaching immediately for pitchforks. pushing her luck seems inadvisable, that's all. it's healthy, reasonable caution, not irrational fear. really. ]

I'll remember both of them, thank you.

[ she really will, as soon as she gets back to her things she'll be writing notes on this whole experience.

there's part of that second bit that catches her ear, though—most, emphasized, but that means... ]

Is there anyone in particular I should be cautious with? People less sympathetic than the rest, here?