"Zalasta. The stroppy little baroness mentioned him, too, but-"

But they speak of him as if he should matter to Martel somehow, and the ignorance grates even as Sparhawk explicitly lays out how much he does not give a damn about what does and doesn't grate on him. He cuts himself off before he pursues it, his relatively even mood deteriorating behind a cool expression. (His eyes still give him away, more riled than he wants to be and too sharp.)

"Leaving shouldn't be very difficult. It's merely a matter of finding the right portal. There are ways and I know a few of them."

...it is, through slightly gritted teeth, an offer of assistance. It seems doubtful Sparhawk will take him up on it, particularly when he adds as an afterthought- "You know she ought to have been barren, don't you?"