"I'll be leaving to head north soon," is Ellis' chosen approach. "I mean to search the Hunterhorn mountains for Wardens."

This is not a small task. The Hunterhorns are vast. There's a reason Ellis had once told Tony it was where he would have hidden, if his exit from Weisshaupt was messy and indelicate.

"The Commander has given me leave to bring a few others, as I see fit, in case of trouble."

And therein lay the offer: he is not talking to her of this venture for no reason.