Ianthe gave Vladsti a wan smile, and allowed him a quiet,<span style="color: mediumturquoise">"We'll see,"</span>after hanging up the phone.<span style="color: mediumturquoise">"One thing you can do for me -- I have a meeting in a couple hours, and I need someplace safe to crash for a while beforehand, and get a shower and something to eat. Think you can stop imagining me naked long enough to drop me off someplace like that?"</span>Sleep would be a luxury; a shower, after her messy tryst with the Grey, was more necessary, as was having a bolthole she could retreat to if things went sideways.<div class="messageTextEndMarker"> </div>