"Yar," Alain confirms, almost lazily, but there's nothing lazy about his keen gaze. "Sue and I've taken care of most things that need tending here, but it'd be best for someone to keep an eye out between now and then, with all of us gone."

Susan frowns over that. "Lisa, for one, and mayhap sai Josiah. Mal, if he's about, but - but that might be hard to explain."