What Fastus STILL didn't get is why none of the big three were going, if this was so important. (I mean sure, Koya was downright OLD, but Shalelu and Ameiko? Ameiko in particular? This was exactly the sort of adventuring stuff she's been pining for since last year -- and now she's just handing it off to stangers now that it's here?!)
He can't actually ask any of that though, because- because it would make him sound whiney in front of her!
Burnt it! This thinking about stuff beforehand was such a pain! "So what are we doing?" he asked instead, leaning over the table, brass medallion swinging, progressively getting heated up. He'd impress her with how well he could do this for her instead! "Straight attack on the village?" (A little bit of fine steam actually started leaked from between his teeth at the thought, and any metal in close proximity started warming up too...)