And it all has been perfectly well, otherwise she wouldn't be standing here now would she? Some might say that Wysteria has, definitively, never been entirely wrong a day in her life.

"I would like to, yes. I have hopes that the work with Vanderak will produce some interesting possibilities that I think Aldrich would find— well, quite foolish, I'm sure. But also interesting, and I should like his opinion on one or two things before I pursue them too seriously."

Here, she drops her voice to a parody of a hush—not too quiet, lest it be entirely lost on the scuffle of the dock, but hopefully not so clear as to carry.

"You remember that dream with the flying ships, of course." Of course he does. "—So if you've any message to deliver, I would be most happy to deliver it for you."