Resettling his glass before him, Kell frowns. It's strange to have to explain what and who he is, when all his life, he's never once been able to hide it. "Antari are rare," he says. "We are the only ones who can travel between worlds. I know of no other Antari still alive. And - "

Kell's expression darkens before he wrestles it back under control. "I am a symbol. The other empires think Arnes' might is because it owns an Antari. Superstition, of course, but the idea is powerful."