After the pair was done with talking about Ves' meeting with the Web Mistress, they moved on to Gloriana's shorter meeting with the Resonance Smith.
"So how was he?" Ves asked.
His wife adopted a complicated expression. "The Resonance Smith was… eccentric to say the least. I am used to that from you, but His Excellency is much less restrained in this regard. He has no desire to hide his true nature from anyone."
"Why should he? He is a Star Designer. Very few people can restrain him these days, and none of them have a compelling reason to do so. He can do damn near anything so long as he doesn't threaten the core interests of his peers."
