All good reasons, and Inessa finds herself nodding as he lists them. "I quite understand. Direct knowledge of our enemy is vital, and anything that gives us an edge in the Anderfels is as well." She knows some Anders, staying at Weisshaupt made that inevitable, but with Anders himself in that project, she's much more comfortable focusing on her own.

Lacing both hands around her warm cup, Inessa shrugs. "You can't help how others will react, only what you do. And what you're doing now, here below and above, makes a difference."