Rhaena rather preferred Ariane being the voice of reason to Kerrak. Kerrak was unreliable, for all that she liked the man. They did not need a repeat of his first demise. That was the problem with channellers.
"Hopefully it will be more productive." The last trip had been a rushed, hurried affair, not a day after a certain birthday party that Rhaena could not, even now, remember very well. Now, things were different. Not that Rhaena would not be returning with all sorts of fabric and gowns and other luxuries, of course. But she would return with more than that. Quietly.