Omar is starting to trust Abdul less and less. The slave sellers and buyers are just making "mistakes?" From the looks of the magical implements being used on the prisoners, those mistakes may be impossible to take back... but he holds his tongue for now. Allies are not exactly easy to come by at the moment, especially if Xylona is leaving...

He watches the interplay between Verin and the others, not sure who or what a "Neogi" is. Not that he is any position to ridicule anyone for being strange. He finally speaks up... "So, Verin, what brings you to this, uh, expedition?"