[Alecta/Altair/Ari/Open]
"Ages ago!" Altair laughed. "Darling Ari, you've been holding out on me."
Truthfully, though, Altair wasn't particularly interested in any specifics. There were certain things one ought to find out for oneself, after all, and, as he'd said before, facts were too easily come by. If he'd asked Ari about Alecta, he would have found a response like "I hate her! She's so obvious and predatory" much more informative than "She's a noble, she's married, blah blah blah."
So, after a moment of thought, Altair asked, "If Drake were one of the creatures living in the wilds outside the city, what would he be?"