"Right," she said.

Had anybody else told her to chill out, she'd probably have stabbed them, but it was just Yylfordt's normal casual manner. She could tolerate it, from him.

"Looks like I'm holing up in the Sunhouse for the foreseeable, then. You can be on snack duty, 'cos I'm not going anywhere near the kitchen if I risk seeing her."

She forced a grin.

It was a small victory if nothing else.