"Agreed. I have a packet of the letters they exchanged and I'll be glad to let you read them if you like, and tell you what I learned apart from that." The new pendants they received made going over the letters an easier task than it had been, and as long as they were returned to her, she was fine to share them.

At his question, however, Lily shook her head, flipping closer to the end of the Stairs of Sighs section in her notebook. "Izahad was one of Arha's soldiers, he died here, at the gates of the city with the rest of Arha's army - the event that began the truce between the Bessis and the Attaryl. However, there were other spirits in the Stairs of Sighs from many points in history, both before his army marched and after. Ours was not the first group to travel with Arha."

This plan was coming together rather tidily, but there was still the matter of–

"Have you any gift for communicating with the dead? I expect our search will not be without an encounter," though her tone was casual her mind was working. "There's one among our group that I trust implicitly who has some ability with spirits. For the sake of information gathering, I'd like to bring them along." There were other reasons to bring the person she had in mind, but again, no sense in spilling the beans if she didn't have to. "We have worked together in the past, I would not want to involve someone who wouldn't be an asset to our hunt."