He takes a glass, swirls it comfortably. "I've spoken with her only a little about her politics; it's so hard to make out how a place works when it's so entirely foreign. But what did you talk about? --And you know you can always have my company in the Labyrinth, my dear Joly. You have only to say the word!" Which...granted, was not what Joly said at all.

"The storm was helpful--? It was my understanding that storms were a challenge to flighted...whatever-you-likes."