"Not really that much of a change from Ostenso, in a certain deep sense, I'd say.  But sure, we've got stuff to catch up on... actually it wouldn't surprise me if I was given deliberately bad timing information for that reason."

Ione casts her eye critically about the brass architecture around them, in which there is a notable lack of conveniently human-sized chairs or benches.  Eventually she steps over to the end of the platform they landed on, and sits down on the edge with her feet dangling below, facing a pleasant view of a rippling lava lake.

"Not that much of a change from Ostenso, in a certain deep sense.  But sure, we've got stuff to catch up on... actually it wouldn't surprise me if I was given deliberately bad timing information for that reason."

Ione casts her eye critically about the brass architecture around them, in which there is a notable lack of conveniently human-sized chairs or benches.  Eventually she steps over to the end of the platform they landed on, and sits down on the edge with her feet dangling below, facing a pleasant view of a rippling lava lake.

"Not that much of a change from Ostenso, then, in a certain deep sense.  But sure, we've got stuff to catch up on... actually it wouldn't surprise me if I was given deliberately bad timing information for that reason."

Ione casts her eye critically about the brass architecture around them, in which there is a notable lack of conveniently human-sized chairs or benches.  Eventually she steps over to the end of the platform they landed on, and sits down on the edge with her feet dangling below, facing a pleasant view of a rippling lava lake.