The Sentinels we were made of lightning

Everything was met with silence.  He was there only to listen, and listen he did.  He held his tongue as Lasher revealed he had met with the pirates already - of course he had!  Why should he not, for as a man with nothing to lose, what danger did he face?

A stony sort of disapproval held him, and he knew this was not the time to let loose.  Instead he continued watching Caiaphas, failing to see anything remarkable in her and perhaps allowing his bias against Lasher's decisions to color this first impression.  So this was the woman who would brook no others in meeting?  But would instead allow her 'friend' to make the dangerous journey alone, devoid of packmates and support?  That Lasher had met with them and the meeting had gone well was fortunate.  It could so easily have been otherwise.