Is this such a surprise? Given a breath to consider, John knows it is not.
Has John himself not even spoken as such, circling such bold ambitions? (In the dark in the jungle: "Ferelden is easier dealt with once we have a foothold in the north.")
"And there's no need for that won't fall to Riftwatch alone," John says. He'd leaned back in the chair, as if settling into something rote. As John speaks, he straightens in his seat, grip shifting on his crutch. "We have the Inquisition and the Exalted March, and their attention will return to Nevarra sooner or later. What we can determine is that we have the pieces in place when the dust settles."
The pieces Flint touches on. John acknowledges them with a nod, eye contact with Flint unbroken as he takes an uneasy stock, estimating what can be accomplished between a contingent of southern mages, Ilias Fabria's ability to rally the Mortalitasi, what can be inspired among the Nevarran people. Does it come to enough? What must they move before then to be sure it does?
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Has John himself not even spoken as such, circling such bold ambitions? (In the dark in the jungle: "Ferelden is easier dealt with once we have a foothold in the north.")
"And there's no need for that won't fall to Riftwatch alone," John says. He'd leaned back in the chair, as if settling into something rote. As John speaks, he straightens in his seat, grip shifting on his crutch. "We have the Inquisition and the Exalted March, and their attention will return to Nevarra sooner or later. What we can determine is that we have the pieces in place when the dust settles."
The pieces Flint touches on. John acknowledges them with a nod, eye contact with Flint unbroken as he takes an uneasy stock, estimating what can be accomplished between a contingent of southern mages, Ilias Fabria's ability to rally the Mortalitasi, what can be inspired among the Nevarran people. Does it come to enough? What must they move before then to be sure it does?