[ Sholmes might as well be a squirrel, foraging aimlessly for interesting morsels to hoard (and probably forget.) Sometimes those caches of information do yield dividends—for leads or blackmail negotiations—but Beatrix is quite safe. For now.

At present, the detective seems more enchanted by the simple novelty of a lady general who rides to war in an airship. And the modest terms in which she describes this occupation. ]

So you've been plucked from the midst of battle and dropped here. [ He waves his drink at the surroundings. ] No surprise at all that you'd be keen on a militia—you must find this civilian life quite unstimulating!