Patron. Alcuin. Prostitution. Offers. Healing on arrival. Vax'ildan. Vax'ildan. Click, click, click... Jack would have seen the gears turning and the revelation dawning. Vax'ildan might note the light in her eyes, but discretion forbid her saying anything about the pieces that had fallen into place.

Instead, she asked delicately, "Are you an artist, then? Or some lucky woman's Champion?"