She looked at Cyrus next. "I want the suspicious healers and helpers watched gently in secret. I don't want them to notice. People speak more when they think the person listening is harmless."
Cyrus lowered his head. "I understand."
Then Isabella turned to Zyran.
He smiled slowly. "You do not even need to ask."
"Good," she said. "Because I was going to tell you to drift around like the pretty useless thing you pretend to be, and listen to everything."
Zyran placed a hand on his chest in fake pain. "Pretty useless?"
"You know exactly what I mean."
He grinned. "Yes, I do."
She looked at Luca next. "You keep your eyes on the hunting groups. If you see another dirt map, step on it, sit on it, fall on it, I do not care, just make sure it disappears."
Luca nodded with a face full of mission. "Gladly."
Finally, Isabella looked at Ophelia and Shelia with a small smile. "You two keep listening. Do not argue, do not defend me, and do not let them know you noticed anything."
