"There have been others, in the past, but it's only me right now," Nida answered with a shrug.

Hibiscus, having come to the realization that she was not going to get to have a puppy friend, decided to at least interact with Llewellyn. Which meant sitting on his shoes.

"I was made liason because the Gullwings were created by an outsider, and stays run by people like us. And Gullwings seems to get themselves into trouble, and I'm a bit more qualified for handing that than some other guards.