Maryne winced as she started getting a bunch of images telepathically. She hated the thought of someone being in her mind, or putting stuff into her mind, and she did her best to ignore them. She wasn't sure she wanted to mess around with that kind of "talent" just yet.<br/><br/>"He wouldn't tell you directly," she told Kira as she gently stroked the back of her hand and arm. "Not knowingly, anyway. It's not something you can just ask him. But if you were to get him talking about his experiences here, get him to tell stories about prisoners that almost got away, things like that, he might start dropping useful bits of information that we could piece together." She smiled. "It's a tactic I often used as a merchant. Not sleeping around," she added quickly, "I mean getting people to tell me useful things without realizing they were telling me. I could figure out the best trade routes, who to do business with, who to avoid, and the best times to land at ports to get the best deals at the local markets. All without my rivals realizing they'd told me anything useful."