"I don't really regret anything I've done so far," she said simply. "I made choices based on what was available to me, and I still think they were the right ones. But."

She fidgeted slightly, not looking him in the eye. "I think I might have accidentally lied to Romeo. I mean, I thought I was telling the truth, I did, but, I'm a Seed, Reno. I'm not ever going to be done with SOLOMON, even if they hold to our agreement."

"And if I ever do manifest, well, all deals are off." She shrugged, watching the baby giraffe. "Craft users and their talents belong to SOLOMON, not to themselves."