Gold coins to a cat

Hattori could see that. No doubt the Armada wasn't for everyone, but if Sedna claimed to have parted on good terms then he saw no reason not to believe her. Lying wouldn't get her very far around these parts and he assumed she could sense as much. If she was effectively a loner right now then he saw no reason to bring her into the fold, she would need a safe place to have her children and though Hattori loathed his cousin's womanising ways he wouldn't deny her this.

"Come then, if you are able the first thing you need to do is arrange your quarters. If you need assistance I will find someone for you." But he doubted he'd need to follow through with said offer. She'd made it all the way down here on her own, as far as Hattori could tell, but he found it prudent to say it all the same.

He turned then, directing her towards the Bamboo Maze.