"It seems strange..." he began, considering her offer carefully. "Considering what we are meant to do -- would that not merely postpone the inevitable?"

He studied her for a moment, watching her face. Then, with a breath he nodded.

"But if this is as long as you say it is, allies might be wise."

Not least because of his disadvantage here, being new, everything being so strange.

Vultan was not adverse to new lessons.