Meanwhile, the joys of secrecy ...
"Where," he asked Jago sharply, when Jago picked him up after the committee hearings downstairs, "where, nadi, is Banichi?"
"At the moment?"
"Jago-ji, don't put me off. Cenedi says there's trouble. A matter before the Guild. That I should ask you and Banichi. --Is that where Banichi is?"
"Banichi is involved in Guild business," Jago said, the first that she'd actually admitted.
"About me?"
"It might be."
"Is that reason to worry?"
"It's reason to worry," Jago said.
"So why can't you tell me?"
"Not to worry you, nadi."
"You'll have noticed," he said, "that I am worried."