Latin. Rebecca knows Latin from her herbalist training, and has learned during her time in the court that the Tremere often use it for confidential conversations.

"what I'm doing". Allowing Steven to feed from her.

"lose control". Occasionally Kindred lose their self-control and give in to their animal natures (the beast); the loss of control is known as frenzy, and tends to be fatal to those around them.

a sorority party. Ezra and Rebecca caught Steven feeding after the night of the Anarch Revolt; see the timeline.

"other things". Such as the fact that Steven loves a mortal.

"heard the news". The word that the Camarilla had set a deadline for the court.

Jennifer. Jennifer Clearwater had made an unexpected appearance at court, to negotiate the beginnings of a new treaty.

Feld. Feld also came to the court, having been revived by the Tremere after his rescue.

Sarah Donner. The mortal FBI agent who took Rebecca in hand when Rebecca first came to the court.

"unseen". Some Kindred have the ability to become invisible, using the discipline of Obfuscate.

"to see the unseen". A reference to the discipline Auspex, which can allow Kindred to enhance their senses, sometimes detecting someone in Obfuscate.

"second set of orbs". Teresa Garrison introduced Steven and Rebecca so that they could investigate the possibility of another pair of magical orbs, such as the court had already encountered. See the timeline.

"the whole martial law bit". A while earlier, the Sabbat had gotten so out of control in San Francisco that the Camarilla had to have martial law declared on the city to clean it up.

Elise. Feld's childe, a young Malkavian. She was later accused of conspiracy against Prince Jeremy Archdeacon, who traded her to the Black Spiral Dancers for Riley, his ex-Sheriff.

"imposing opinion on the court". Steven had displayed to the court the fangs of two traitors, the Malkavians Gra and Obsidian, strung on a necklace as trophies.

"the whole bit with Ramses". Ramses, the Brujah Primogen, had revealed himself several weeks earlier to be an Assamite, a Kindred bounty hunter. He left with his bounty immediately afterward.

"our recent troubles". There had been no Brujah present during the Anarch Revolt, despite their stereotype for being the main troublemakers.

"offers right and left". When Steven offered her the Embrace, Rebecca was also propositioned by the Mage Marcus D'Canti to become an apprentice, and by Spirit Interface to become an honorary kinfolk.

"still alive". In October of '98, word came to the court that the two FBI agents, Roger and Sarah, had been killed. Though Roger's body was found hung from the Golden Gate Bridge with red tape, rumor had it that Sarah's death had been faked.

"Welcome ..." Rebecca had walked in on Spirit Interface in his war-form (wolf-man), who was entranced into eating pizza, while the Mage who had brought him out of frenzy earlier, Micah, was dealing with the aftereffects of a spell. It had been a busy night.

"her lessons". After dealing with Steven at the sorority party, Ezra had decided to teach Rebecca a lesson about Kindred abilities. See the timeline.

"something was unusual". Had she been thinking clearly, she might have remembered that the wrist was a symbol of feeding, and his comments about Kindred being fed from.