Pepper nodded, thinking about possibilities as she prepared to stand, then stopped, briefly.
"While I'm here - I recognize that you don't want to talk about the Legacy more - but I've been considering the condition of our order. You have the most respect and experience, so I wanted to ask if I might plan and host a meeting of the Ladder and try and get some sort plans or action in place among us." She wanted to ask for advice - but something stopped her. Was it pride? Or the suspicion that advice or not, she would have to find her own way to lead the Ladder, and that asking for advice on too general a subject or too frequently would leave her as nothing more than a puppet, and Aquinas too beleaguered to really assist. "I'd also like to formally initiate Truce, though I'm not sure what ceremony would be best for that."