Istredd is not typically so easy to throw off, but this is a special circumstance. He follows her when she leads, he can tell she is a woman accustomed to taking situations, and the way she carries herself makes him think she must be nobility, perhaps. He knows Cintra nobility is dead, along with the Queen, so this does not bode well.

He remembers now that he was warned people can come from all different times, and that means she could be well before the disaster, which seems most likely. Foolish, he berates himsself. They find a place in the library that is quiet, Istredd knows several of them having camped out there a few times. He settles down with her and tries to think of the words.

"May I know what year you are from?"