Master Trader Hajeem, rescuer of Crista and Zephyr the as-yet unnamed Exile, calls Crista in for a private conference and hints at greater responsibilities coming to her, as well as greater rewards. He tells her of his brother's death and identifies a digitigrade vulpine as the assassin, the tool being a bone knife through the neck, then asks her to watch Zephyr's 'Exile processing' and let him know what happens, in exchange for which he agrees to pay four silver, two now and two later