Found waiting in Brixton's room at Honeybrookes as if she owned the place, reading a newspaper. When he entered, she didn't blink: "Oh, I'm never where I don't intend to be." Showed him the Vi Sun Herald's twisted account of the lift-ship incident — propaganda that filed the truth down to nothing. Questioned him about Vi-Upper and about "a book." Referenced his parents and the contact system by name, making clear she knows his obligations. Revealed her Freewake–Areska connection. Her return to the city is rumored to be "for something big. Something powerful. Maybe an artifact. Maybe a war."