"thank you, mister stodgepole, i appreciate all of this. " A frown, "if you're trying to keep your hold secret, I ..well, " She pulls out something, a compas. He's seen these before. Handy! The magic points to the nearest hold. SHe must have landed closer to here than to Firnost "I assure you, I'm the only one who knows and I can repay you with secrecy. I know what it's like. my friend smoke had a mentor who had a tiny little hold, balefire was like a sputtering candle. it really couldn't feed more than one at a time, and he was scared some noble would find out."