Istredd's eyebrows furrow as she reaches into the satchel and he's surprised when she offers a scale. Kruos' scale, it looks like, and he takes it carefully from her. Reverently, even, because it is a piece of the dragon and therefore important. The request is reasonable too and he nods his head.

"I'll do that." There are any number of tests for it that he could give without harming the scale itself, and if there are any answers he can find, he'll get them. "Is there a way for me to send you my findings more...privately?" He means secretly, so Thorne cannot get their hands on it. "They watch us closely but less so in Nocwich, if you have any sources there."

If she has a contact or if the Draconae who go there know a way to get it back to Anneth, Istredd will update her that way. It's another nod to how untrustworthy Thorne is, and also how little they fully trust their own Summoned, that messages like that have to be careful.