"Interesting indeed."

The Professor nodded at the Kri'ghal group. They seemed friendly enough and quite close. Some would have expected a more professional entourage to have been sent, but these were a different people. They wouldn't escape from Smith's prying curiosity.

"Aunt Mirala? I see this festival has become a family trip. Perhaps something I would have done as well, were it not for the fact that my newborn is mere weeks old."