"I intend to, at least." He's doing that thing - he's been getting better and better at it as the months pass and he steadies again, smoothing over his reactions like he's still water. It used to drive Sparhawk mad at times, how hard Martel could be to read when he'd decided to be. "He's got a month to see how things go. Either he stays on at the end of the month, or I pay him for his time and he goes on."