[ so it was possible, to have so many. the hope of the other four showing up isn't necessarily as remote as inej thought. and of all of them to remain stuck here, kaz and inej were the most likely suspects. she would hate to think if anyone else were stuck here, with kaz. at least he (mostly) listened to her.

still . . . ]

There are only two of us, from home. I would consider you lucky.

[ though the 'technically' makes her curious, inej will wait for lance to bring it up himself, if he chooses to do so. ]

Kaz and I had an additional friend, from home, but it seems he's returned to Ketterdam. [ if jesper is lucky, anyway. hopefully he didn't go back to that awful island. ] We're the only two left, now.