For the first time since beginning, Oki showed a true sense of humor. "Stealth and deception are our tools and bring us our meat. You my friend understood in one blow the weakness of the operation and a possible solution."

She paused and laughed there, dryly, showing those pearly-whites of hers, conical and sharp alike.

"That seems the best idea - from what I have gleaned, they never use anything but aliases ranging from the simple to the preposterous. Do Chainbreaker and I pose as baggage handlers or conceal ourselves in the shadows? Or did you have a different proposition?"