Helena confirmed with Varna several times to make sure she wasn't experiencing auditory hallucinations.
"So, what you're meaning to say is that after the Frost incident, Captain Duncan Ebnomal, the master of the Homeloss and the shadow in Subspace, began to reconstruct the 'Exiled Fleet', and his first action… was to have you exploit a loophole to get a pass for his new ship?"
With an embarrassed face and a hesitant tone, Varna had no choice but to nod stiffly, "Yes… that's what he told me."
"And his purpose in having you get this pass was to allow the new members of the Exiled Fleet to continue their mercantile ventures on the Endless Sea?"
"…Yes, that's also what he told me."