[ It's crystal clear what Gildor expects, and Elena was already planning on doing so. She hasn't even spoken to Shinji herself yet, which has been a awful oversight when he's so young and dealing with who knows what, so there's no way she's letting Damon threaten and intimidate him while they're on this mission. No, she can't make promises for when they eventually (hopefully) return to the station, but for now she'll do what she can.

She watches as he drinks his tea, then follows his example to carefully do the same. It's interesting tea, not bad after she's let it sit on her tongue for a moment. ]

The hunt will begin soon, in the canyon where I raced a few days ago. It'll be difficult to watch the progress when it happens, it's not an easy structure to navigate. The event right now is... entertaining. A few of our party seem to be doing well.

[ Thankfully, she doesn't need a pair of binoculars to follow the festivities, her enhanced eyesight doing a much better job of it. But they're so far away that he likely can't tell anything of what's going on, which leads her back to-- ]

( Would you like to see it? I could let you see what I do. )