Edgedancer: Chapter 7

Lift tells Wyndle that the woman's secret trading of spheres is a scam; that she's probably laundering spheres for criminals. Or else, she's levying guilt on people via their sympathies into giving her infused spheres, traded for dun one's, which she then trades to the moneychangers to make a small profit. Wyndle finds this to be unscrupulous.
Lift makes her way back to the entrance to the city and settles in a cleft at the bottom of the ramp to this entrance. She sees the captain of the guard, Hauka, and after first hiding from her, she then follows her to see where she lives. Wyndle curves up the outside of the woman's tenement and Lift climbs using his vines as foot- and handholds. Lift snatches a shiqua from a pair of open windows, then proceeds all the way to the roof. The captain closes her window and hoods her sphere. Lift decides to nap while Wyndle watches the captain's quarters. He later wakes her and indicates that Darkness has entered the building below them. Wyndle tells her that she showed off her powers to the captain, knowing that she'd write a report about what she saw, and that this would draw Darkness' attention. Lift confirms this. Wyndle then grows down the building so Lift can overhear Darkness' conversation with the captain. Once they've finished speaking, Lift scrambles back up the building to her hideout on top.