Mercifully leaving aside what she had overheard — very flattering, very not meant for her to hear, very definitely something they don't have to talk about any further — Gwenaëlle softens perceptibly at the news that Stephen is going to be helping her. That's good, but,
“Consider Julius as well,” she suggests, “he's a teacher, he knows how to navigate the Chantry bullshit better than most, and he's come over all radical in the past several years. Plus,” there is a canny strategic mind here, “if it comes to whether or not Riftwatch backs you, down the track, it could not hurt your cause for one of the Commander's beloved blondes to be attached to you and invested in the work he'd hypothetically have done. Not that Rowntree needs encouragement to swing for mages, you know—”
She doesn't, which is why Gwenaëlle is saying these things. However,
“Unlike Redvers Keen, who is a Templar's Templar.” He's so hot, it's stupid unfair, thank god Ennaris isn't reading her thoughts this instant, “He's the sort of Templar little Templars think they're going to be when they grow up. It's in the shoulders. He's polite and he's professional and most of the time that will more than do,”
he takes her orders with equanimity, she's never had an issue with him,
“but he probably wouldn't have to stay here with us heathens and radicals if the Chantry had an excuse to annex Riftwatch and bring us forcibly under banner, like, say, if we were harboring maleficar. I don't know how uncharitable I'm being. I do know the Chantry tried to kidnap and execute Rowntree once already. Actually, if you tell Julius you're specifically frightened of that happening, you'll probably have him on side immediately.”
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“Consider Julius as well,” she suggests, “he's a teacher, he knows how to navigate the Chantry bullshit better than most, and he's come over all radical in the past several years. Plus,” there is a canny strategic mind here, “if it comes to whether or not Riftwatch backs you, down the track, it could not hurt your cause for one of the Commander's beloved blondes to be attached to you and invested in the work he'd hypothetically have done. Not that Rowntree needs encouragement to swing for mages, you know—”
She doesn't, which is why Gwenaëlle is saying these things. However,
“Unlike Redvers Keen, who is a Templar's Templar.” He's so hot, it's stupid unfair, thank god Ennaris isn't reading her thoughts this instant, “He's the sort of Templar little Templars think they're going to be when they grow up. It's in the shoulders. He's polite and he's professional and most of the time that will more than do,”
he takes her orders with equanimity, she's never had an issue with him,
“but he probably wouldn't have to stay here with us heathens and radicals if the Chantry had an excuse to annex Riftwatch and bring us forcibly under banner, like, say, if we were harboring maleficar. I don't know how uncharitable I'm being. I do know the Chantry tried to kidnap and execute Rowntree once already. Actually, if you tell Julius you're specifically frightened of that happening, you'll probably have him on side immediately.”