Siobhan looks up and back and forth as the two tallfolk discuss the details. She gets lost in thought again for a little bit as the mechanical creature disappears.

"I think I'll leave Clancy here - he's not train-trained, as it were."

And a little later: "My preference is always to do things quietly. If we just get the names, and don't hurt anyone or free The Stranger, we can get off the train as if nothing happened and we don't have the truenames in our pocket. It sounds like we'll have plenty of time.

"Some of you know already, but I'm mostly good at finding people and making them talk in non-violent ways. I have spells that that can make people tell the truth or stay motionless for a while. So we may be able to do it under the guards' noses, or with some clever distractions.

"Worst case, though, I can contact the dead if we are too late in getting to The Stranger."