[She seats herself on the sand beside him, stretching her legs out before her as she rests her weight on her hands. It makes sense that Claude had already reached out to him, and while she does trust Claude to pass on anything of note to the rest of them, she's interested to hear what Steve has to say for herself.]

That is a fair exchange, I am thinking.

[That is how trust is built and maintained, after all.]

I was hearing that someone named Mace Hemmet was escorted to the castle and has been spending a great deal of time with the Queen. Have you— heard anything about the Thorne dungeons filling up?

[It's a rumor she's heard in passing, though she doesn't know what to make of it.]