Outside, I leaned against the Terminus brick and watched people pass by. Still the red weapons dominated the hands and sheaths of the Tumultus inhabitants who passed. I kept my eyes on them at first, wondering what the symbols were for, what they were made out of, why I'd seen them on Incipio. But after a minute or so, Thane and Tai's conversation started to heat up, and I couldn't block out their voices.

"You said she'd be an asset!" Tai shouted.

"Orpheus, I swear to God, ...