Her gesture is very successful at getting Miles to sit still and shut up. It takes him a few seconds after she removes her hand to re-engage his brain.

"I can't imagine he's planning to stage the scene with Ivan and Nadina on board his own ship," he murmurs. "Nor the Celestial Garden again. Something planetside, I'd bet, but not there. Let's start with Nadina; you can keep a widget most anywhere, but keeping a person requires facilities. Fewer places to look."