From the corner of his eye (ATTN: Yildun)

He asked her what she wanted to cover, a question which made Koontz purse her lips thoughtfully and mull for a moment. After about a minute of this, the Alpha female startled when she realized Yildun might not understand the reason for her silence. "Sorry, I'm just thinking of where to start," she apologized, hoping that doing so wouldn't offend him. She sensed that he didn't want anybody's pity.

"I guess," she began after another few beats, "I wanted to talk to you about the kinds of jobs that you could do here in Dragonwatchers." Here was where Koontz wanted to be delicate without coddling Yildun. "Just because you can't see doesn't mean that you can't hold down a job and that you aren't expected to do just that," she said lightly. "I was actually wondering if you had any interest in being a Dreamserpent. I'm considering it myself." She added that last bit like an afterthought, which was exactly what it was.