“Cyra has many qualities that are useful to the sovereign, but ‘sense’ is not one of them; I would not take her opinion of me too seriously,” Vas said. “While I do love our little chats, Vas,” I said, “why don’t you just tell me what you want?” “What are you brewing? A painkiller?” Vas smirked. “I thought groping Kereseth was your painkiller.”