With a half eaten apple in one hand, Gideon steps up next to Camilla Hect. Her eyes are more for Camilla than for the weapons or the apples. That is not to place a definitive order of women > food > swords. No, this is a specific woman who Gideon knows, or at least, she hopes it is. The other versions of herself, one of which she doubts met Camilla Hect and Palamedes Sextus makes her ache at the thought she may be a stranger.

"Zero," Gideon answers, "It isn't a trap when they tell you it's a dangerous thing. It's a delivery on a promise."