"His return is the agreed-upon demonstration of good faith requested by the other party," Arioth notes.  "The others will be about different tasks."<br/><br/>"Just in case," Aysel notes dryly.<br/><br/>Adnan rolls his eyes.  "Actually, Zephyr, if you<em>must</em>know...were it up to Mother, she'd be keeping him around for a while.  He's reportedly been quite entertaining in their discussions, and we all know how long it's been since she considered a Consort..."