The crone smiled as the brilliant boy asked his question. She was happy to see that he had joined in; there was little doubt he would. He was the ever curious one, and he would have his questions. She knew with this conference all that had been done would be undone; the captured ones would start looking for a way to free the poor City from its confines, and she was sad that the brilliant boy and the Viking would not have a chance to get to know the City a little better.
She nodded slightly in agreement to the question, not that anyone would notice. She had never concerned herself with the where or even the when. She was more than happy, whether she said it or not, to exist in a world that she had more control of her life and path.