"I lost count when I saw your baby face," Ace snickered, holding up eight fingers. "That's where I lost count. There was over a dozen of them in that circle, though. They were all pretty nervous when I first spoke to them, so it got obvious that they were playin' along until I got 'em relaxed. If they were genuinely nervous for other reasons, they woulda stayed tense."

Still, he had to leave that on a high note, "Plus, some of the ladies in that group were pretty jacked. That ain't normal, for countesses and nobles, right? Some of those noble men like to keep athletic, but for women it ain't encouraged. Means they're all pretty decently trained."

He didn't mind speaking out loud where they were. There was enough noise and Logan had better hearing than anyone there. While the crowd would drown out most everything, if Ace looked casual and didn't hush his voice, no one would try to listen.