[Leslie bites her lip at the mention of the chimeras being willing to fight for their masters. It reminds her too much of her childhood. She's already frustrated enough that they have to leave this alone.]

It felt like a lot of time has passed in travelling between places, but it's probably still only a single night in actual time. [She hesitates briefly.] What does subterfuge mean?

[She knows transgression from her theology studies, but her official history books of the empire weren't especially interested in presenting the empire either using or being victim of underhanded tactics in its glorious past.]