"In his gruff way." Mikh'tan agreed with a thin little smile, though it faded quick enough when his thoughts drifted to the unfinished letter.

"How could it not be trifling? A thing that only affects me in the face of-" He cut off, the fingers of his free hand drifting over the page, smearing a couple just-drying letters. "It's not a thing with a solution to be found here."