[Sanctuary]

Yumiko turns to Steven

You were concerned about your performance and the state of affairs here in our little side-branch of the Temple.
While things should be a little more reasonable now that Keiko's ... group ... has disbanded, we do take your concerns seriously. Obviously our first priority was reassuring you that you are in no danger of falling out of favor, but beyond that we are still part of Inari's overall organization so... what can we do to help you grow into the position that circumstances and necessity have resulted in?

She spares a quick glance to Arlem... Jade's request is a tall order in many worlds, but here in the Nexus it is an utterly hopeless dream to "understand" magic.

Then Keiko walks in leading Khannie

Uh, well... yeah Trog's can be a bit too exciting at times... I'd say to not worry about that but if you're grounded then that's an entirely different matter - you never want to break your grounding, it only makes things so very much worse.