Ashelia shook her head. "Unfortunately not. Like most of my attempts to accomplish something in this dreadful place, I've not been able to - "

That sounded a lot less self-pitying in her head, somehow.

"In any case, you cannot be on duty right now because not even I would send a soldier on patrol in your state." It was a joke, but she sounded quite serious. "Come along Marshal, 'tis not far to our district."