Had it been for anyone else, Kaz likely never would have made the effort. For Inej though it was something else entirely, even if it's not always easy when he wasn't sure that it wasn't things such as the saints she saw responsible for things he truly thought came from hardwork and effort.

But he'd learned over the years it didn't hurt him to let her have that and so he tried not to allow his feelings to weight too heavily on things.

"It would be a risk to test their weapon in the other lands when that could cause all levels of escalation. Which we haven't seen, so I suspect they have reasons to believe it's not the military here."

Which answered no questions and really just made more.

He glances at her with that answer, considering her a moment. "You both mentioned she was here before. Did meeting a Saint not changing anything of how you see them?"

There's no heat to the words, no taunt. Truly wondering. He doubts meeting her would change his feelings on the saints. She's a powerful Grisha in his mind, and that made her interesting and deadly but not a saint. Not to him.

"I think that either some plant has evolved that it is releasing spores which is why I will avoid contact directly. Or that perhaps someone has discovered a new gift and they've utterly lost control of it."