Lewin's sort-of appeal slightly irritated Fossil. How stupid did he think she was? Of course she knew what Lorsoul did to trolls, and all the rest. And taking out the 'top brass' wasn't the problem. The Red Leopards had a rotating decision council, there were no permanent leaders. It was the information with them. The locations of safe houses, names of informants, locations of members, missions of couriers... The stuff that could take them down if swiftly acted upon. It would have been an insane plan on Lorsoul's part, Fossil would give the stranger that. She might have been willing to believe him if he hadn't brought a soldier. As for the princess... Fossil couldn't see where she would fit in if this was Lorsoul's plot. Maybe she wasn't really the princess and it was a misguided attempt to engage the Red Leopard's sympathy. The questions weren't interrogation yet, so Fossil sat still and silent. One more question, she thought. That would mean jumping.