She raises her eyebrows, surprised and a little pleased. "Met my kind somewhere before, have you? Most people just say Tal-Vashoth and I have to correct them." And even then, she doesn't expect it to stick, so this is a nice change of pace.

"They can try to toe the line and cling to outdated traditions, but none of that is going to matter if Corypheus succeeds. I've seen that motherfucker and his pet dragon; we're not going to beat him by playing it safe, or refusing allies, wherever they're from."