Myitt barks a laugh. "Ossanlin, a romantic rival? Hahaha...oh, that's good. That implies that we have an actual romance, Mar. Sorry." She wipes her eye and clears her throat. "Yes, well, apparently Ossanlin's got the idea that he can morph into some kind of amalgamation of Tara and whomever else human he's acquired through the years, and put on one of the Imperial uniforms Corliss has tossing around in the Skimmer. Which, by the way," she adds to her brother, "is still smashed up."
"'ey, I'll get to that," Corliss replies stiffly.
"Hmm. Anyway, the point of all this is to have a little fun with Ardiss, maybe make her change the way she's been thinking a bit," says Myitt.