Draiss simply pointed to his own transport, which had been spending the last two days getting the required IFF, comm codes, and other things needed to be considered an official transport by Barid's mission control. "Already got one, but thanks for the offer."<br/><br/>The other reason for using his own transport rather than Barid's was because, at some point during the trip, he planned to make a 'spontaneous' diversion to Union, and see if he could get into Fate's chamber and have another talk with her. He suspected she would be much more informative than the others, though only if she wanted to see him. Even if not, he had contacts in Union, the beyonder slaver for one, that might still be there and he could get his own intelligence network back up. Barid's protections likely had destroyed most of it though, so it was mostly to see what was there than any real expectation for results.<br/><br/>As he got on the transport, he heard it clearing them with Barid air control, and confirming their initial destination as the City of Brass, his salamander Saarisi likely hanging around there since he had set it up before the Verdelet war had kicked off into full gear, one of the few he had managed.