"Oh, yes, of course! I wasn't planning on going alone, after all. An old friend of mine, Sandru Vhiski, he owns a merchant caravan, and just arrived in town a couple of hours ago. Natya's grandmother, Koya, is one of the regular passengers, which is why Natya was so happy to see her; they'd been gone for the last few weeks. I was planning to approach him tonight about this venture."