... Well. Daine has no idea what's going on with these two, but it seems to her that an awful lot of fuss is being kicked up for no reason. Later, she might want to know more about Iman being able to figure a way out of the city, but that isn't what's important now. What's important is getting Rush out, which she's fair certain they could do if everyone stopped threatening to die for each other for five Goddess-blest minutes.

"Odd's bobs," she says, a flat dismissal of the awkward pause that had followed Iman's outburst. "Why are you talking about ROMAC as if they can't be beaten, or tricked? I've broken someone out of their cages before, and I can do it again, and I haven't heard one good reason yet why I shouldn't."