On the effect of the Sting's machine spirit, 'I love old rumours, but my knowledge of the Meritech Wars is somewhat patchy. If there is some to truth to the idea I would be interested in hearing about it. In the meantime I would ask a Tech Priest to be certain about something like that.'

Anika is amused at the idea that the rules could be followed too well. On the message from the Lucid Court, 'My Mother has a position there.' Which didn't answer the question over whether she was aware of anything. 'What's the content of the message?'