"Apart from picking a novice from the court whose season it is," Ava notes, mostly thinking out loud. Her nose wrinkles. "That doesn't narrow it town to why her, though."

She sidles slightly closer to Trilla, voice lowering. Ava personally doesn't care about respecting the dead, since it's not like they're around to be offended, but navigating Courtsheart is a little easier when you at least pretend to care about decorum.

"Who was she friends with, do you know? Did she have a boyfriend?"