"I have responsibilities in Keeliai I can't abandon." A zoo, mostly, but also her friends. "If there's a way out, I'll find it and use it without compromising myself or any of you - I already know a way in that escaped Eshai's notice. My complete disappearance will be suspicious, even with excuses." It's probably... kind of self-important, maybe even a little selfish, but she's already done the impossible getting through hell alive, that working within the palace feels easier, and that's with Mally using it as a base. She refuses to get stuck for too long inside the palace, no matter what kind of mission she's supposed to be doing. Asking Frank to look after Mrs. O'Leary alone when she vanishes for the first time is going to be enough cause for concern - she hasn't decided what to tell him yet, truth or lies.

Besides. She can go invisible. That'll definitely be useful here, on some level, even if she's a little hesitant to reveal so out loud right now.

She nods at Nilin. "I like the idea of potential rotations. And we probably shouldn't talk outside the palace more than necessary either. But we really need a better understanding of the layout before we start digging around too deep - and it sounds like the Sensen will be useful with that too. Mally's manipulation seems focused on the organic technology here, not any of our personal tech as foreigners."

Annabeth sighs a little. "I understand the concerns - that we might be stuck longer than we want to be, which is why we should find ourselves escape routes, and easy ways out. Any information we find inside will be useless if we can't actually get it out."