She briefly eyes Atticus, but misses most of his pause in the dim light. Her head inclines faintly to Benedict; not deference but bullishness, the lowering of some invisible horns.
"It has been forwarded to those who manage such arrangements."
Or lack of them. She can't imagine that Lord Baerendorf will actually send the bloody thing.
If Vedici leaves the Gallows before this war is done, she doubts that it will be alive. He’s seen too much of its inner workings, has been — frankly — far too cooperative. Everything that makes him useful to the Inquisition makes him twice as useful to their enemies.
Artemaeus might at least serve for saboutage: If the Imperium is anything like Orlais, his capture will not have reflected well upon familial ambition. Their rivals might be pleased by a properly-ignominious return. Thin ground from which to cultivate allies, but not a decision that’s hers to make.
It won’t be anyone’s decision if he keeps trying this shit.
"So we may as well settle in." A short gesture to the partition. "Why, you’ve even a bucket. The privileges of position."
Back 2 Atticus. Vedici's displayed little interest thus far in the consequences the boy accrues, and it’s difficult to say how genuine that might be. Wiser to not show the things one values — and he’s certainly bright enough to realize that ill behaviour won’t benefit their position.
"I am told that the Seneca text has been located in partial record," She’s muddled through enough of it to believe there’s no danger in handing it over. "I admit the work seemed an odd choice. Primarily philosophical, no?"
slaps down some tl;dr
She briefly eyes Atticus, but misses most of his pause in the dim light. Her head inclines faintly to Benedict; not deference but bullishness, the lowering of some invisible horns.
"It has been forwarded to those who manage such arrangements."
Or lack of them. She can't imagine that Lord Baerendorf will actually send the bloody thing.
If Vedici leaves the Gallows before this war is done, she doubts that it will be alive. He’s seen too much of its inner workings, has been — frankly — far too cooperative. Everything that makes him useful to the Inquisition makes him twice as useful to their enemies.
Artemaeus might at least serve for saboutage: If the Imperium is anything like Orlais, his capture will not have reflected well upon familial ambition. Their rivals might be pleased by a properly-ignominious return. Thin ground from which to cultivate allies, but not a decision that’s hers to make.
It won’t be anyone’s decision if he keeps trying this shit.
"So we may as well settle in." A short gesture to the partition. "Why, you’ve even a bucket. The privileges of position."
Back 2 Atticus. Vedici's displayed little interest thus far in the consequences the boy accrues, and it’s difficult to say how genuine that might be. Wiser to not show the things one values — and he’s certainly bright enough to realize that ill behaviour won’t benefit their position.
"I am told that the Seneca text has been located in partial record," She’s muddled through enough of it to believe there’s no danger in handing it over. "I admit the work seemed an odd choice. Primarily philosophical, no?"