[It’s a lovely patch of countryside they’re in, and Emery remains blithe as he leads Zel along.]

The Field Lord wants me to gather some "private" information from a rival lord who lives nearby. Which lord, or the specifics of that information, Calanthe didn’t say, but we’ll go over it when I meet her in town.

[The gist Emery got is that he’s got to do some spy work. Which he’s actually done before, albeit on humans. He wonders if the fact that he’s working in the fae realm this time is a sign of increased trust… or maybe decreased trust if the Field Lord wants him closer… Or maybe he was just the most convenient underling at hand.]

I’m not sure if she meant I’d have to steal some documents or get some people to talk, or both.