When the door opens into Milliways instead of her office, Niryl smiles, slips inside (letting the door swing closed behind her), and glides over to Bar.

Her recent finds have -- aside from the fascinating characteristics of the stones in and of themselves -- let her draw attention to the pen-name under which she has been publishing bits and pieces of technological advancements.

And she has enough funds from that and some... other operations to stay for a while.

She sits down and starts by filling in the gaps in the material from last time.