There were many reasons someone might carry two names, but few reasons for a common woman in her line of work or of her apparent age to be a master swordswoman, not to mention skilled in the ways of killing as she was. If she hadn't developed such a cursed moral code, she would have done well as a mob boss or assassin in current times.

The fact that Devin took such an interest in the sword was unsurprising and yet the sword had such a complicated history and was so deeply tied to things that people couldn't and truly shouldn't try to understand. She herself didn't know the sword, but it knew her. Even if it didn't have that history, no sword over a thousand years old shone as brightly as this one did.

"I don't know."

Not entirely a lie, but enough of one perhaps for him to pick up on. Too many fine and dangerous details were wrapped in that hilt, though...did secrecy really matter here?

"I'm fairly certain I can figure out how to synthesize this gas using the tools in medical, and of course the computer. I'll need Jaina to help figure out the dispersal method, unless you'd like to do more than just sit at a desk and go through files."

Perhaps an unnecessary prod, but with the lack of a heartbeat and the twin souls, Valdis didn't want his focus on the holy sword any longer than what they had already discussed.