Hiana snorted. "You honestly think he'd keep you locked up?" Hiana replied. "If you really think that, you're almost as politically unsavvy as my brother." "Hey!" "It's true and you know it. Anyway, if he's even half as smart as he claims to be, he's going to know you're not going to last more than a week sitting in some palace, listening to courtiers. That's not your style, and that's not where you'd be useful. Unless he's trying to trim down the number of courtiers he has. You'll be back in the field in less than a month, mark my words."