He laughed again, this time uneasily.

"If I am proved wrong then I hope I am dead enough to not feel the sting of it."

For a moment Gannicus looked like he would say something else - then he visibly backtracked and shook his head in frustration. The memory of Nasir's warnings that they were being watched - and listened to - at even the most impossible moments through mysterious means weighed heavily in the back of his mind. He turned serious.

"I leave to find more information. We will share words again," he promised.