The smirk fading from aerelm's face as he put out his cigarette, he continued in a more serious tone,
"This whole thing is not strictly speaking a secret, as a few Cast higher-ups have already cleared it which means we won't have any trouble in that area, but the average Cast are overly paranoid after their civil war... So we'll have to keep things as quiet as possible to avoid attracting any unwanted attention which would do nothing but causing an unnecessary amount of pointless headache."
Then throwing a brief glance over his shoulder at a table behind them, he added,
"Speaking of which... the guy two tables behind us is paying a bit too much attention to this conversation, so if you're good we better get out of here."
