"I thought about going back to the Inquisition." It's not a change of topic. "I think my background," theirs, but here in that dark that feels somehow presumptuous. (It's not as if he doesn't know what Cedric is up to.) "It suits me for larger organizations with stricter rules. I know I puzzle people here." Here Riftwatch, rather than here Nevarra.

"But it does seem to me that I can do good here. Complicated makes spaces. Maybe spaces for things," and people, "that don't fit someplace simpler. Less streamlined, more adaptable, a bit." Or, as they said. Maybe they're just doing the best they can with their limited resources and calling it a virtue. He doesn't discount the possibility.