[Her journey could quickly become less easy. But that's true of any journey, of course, and nothing that can be at all controlled, so Darras lets it pass by. Good enough for know that he knows where she is. If they'd had these crystals, before--

Not worth thinking about, he tells himself, before that thought has time to flourish.]

I swam beneath the ship in the dark 'cos it's what was required of me by the Inquisition, of course. [Too soon, maybe, to tease about that. He can't help it, and he goes on to soften it a little for her:] That's only partly true. I did it 'cos it sounded the most interesting in a sea battle. As nearly everything in a sea battle is interesting, you can imagine how keen I was to give a swim like that a go.