"We'll get you your book supply back," he says lightly, switching books and making a new stack around his perch. And we'll get you to Hayle. And eventually you can have a second date with your rock. Months out, but there's time. Second round of preparations and hopefully they won't be in the middle of negotiations with factions this time.

Hopefully they won't be at war either. Not because Lucifer cares about a war, but because it would make getting to the Singularity more difficult than previously.