The Circles are a prudent focus primarily because every Rifter here will join us in them.

[ that's not said entirely for her benefit. any charming eavesdroppers would do to recall the stakes. ]

But in the interim, I should not overlook the city beyond our docks, in subject or methodology. The common man seldom makes it to an archive, but he prints plenty. You might speak with Mssr. Bastien.