Should he cross it, I would expect to hear about it before any drastic action is taken.
[Does he? Potentially. It depends entirely on what happens between this moment and that one (if it comes). And there; it's that thought which gives him pause. He isn't having this conversation because he has any interest to warn off Leander - the impulse had been more basic than that, secured in the urge to see certain parties kept well clear of whatever sphere of collateral damage might be inflicted should something incendiary in this begin to burn. But maybe it should matter - not for Leander, but on account of all the other moving pieces presently reliant on this point of perspective he's been afforded. There is a specific way to guard that. Tit for tat.]
[ How does John show appreciation for being diverted from danger? Is there any better way than to advocate for their interests, to consider how this potential snag can best be smoothed over? (Maybe they're underestimating Leander, and he doesn't need their concern at all, and yet.)
Later, John will consider the possibility of having been caught up in whatever awaits Leander. This warning feels like a great blow falling and missing him, just by a breath. But John cannot be paralyzed by that. ]
If we are to risk a warning at all, we'd be best served passing a warning to Isaac.
[ Who strikes John as most willing to take appropriate action, where Ilias may not. Though as he says that, he amends— ]
[Why tell John Silver? That will be the first question should any of this come spilling out into the daylight. And there is a simple answer - because why would he not? They are partners, in this and in Nevarra and before they ever came to Kirkwall when this was still the Inquisition. Everyone expects as much, don't they? That there is a confidence between them. But if Silver is the one to pass word, and should that word somehow become known to the rest of the company, that will not be the only question. It will be followed by: Why would Mr Silver tell Isaac a thing said in confidence?
As there is the dangerous ground. It threatens the business in Nevarra; it threatens whatever legitimacy a handful of mages (on whom they might soon come to rely) have scraped together in the eyes of Riftwatch. It might, given the opportunity, expose a vulnerability they've agreed won't be.
Why should Captain Flint warn some healer he hardly knows? Because he disagrees with the other Division Heads. Because he has made a habit of doing what he thinks is best regardless of what's been agreed on in a closed room. Because whatever the fuck someone wants to think, so long as it begs fewer follow up questions should someone find themselves in a position to hold a light up to it.
So, brusquely and as if there had been no question at all:]
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I sincerely doubt he'll do anything foolish. But I wonder exactly how low their threshold for ordering him is killed.
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[Does he? Potentially. It depends entirely on what happens between this moment and that one (if it comes). And there; it's that thought which gives him pause. He isn't having this conversation because he has any interest to warn off Leander - the impulse had been more basic than that, secured in the urge to see certain parties kept well clear of whatever sphere of collateral damage might be inflicted should something incendiary in this begin to burn. But maybe it should matter - not for Leander, but on account of all the other moving pieces presently reliant on this point of perspective he's been afforded. There is a specific way to guard that. Tit for tat.]
Fabria knows him best.
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Later, John will consider the possibility of having been caught up in whatever awaits Leander. This warning feels like a great blow falling and missing him, just by a breath. But John cannot be paralyzed by that. ]
If we are to risk a warning at all, we'd be best served passing a warning to Isaac.
[ Who strikes John as most willing to take appropriate action, where Ilias may not. Though as he says that, he amends— ]
The healer.
[ Blonde Billy #2 ]
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[He wouldn't suggest it if he didn't. But: really?
(Not that Fabria has really proven to be so discerning; only easily directed.)]
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[ Maybe. ]
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A beat of set teeth quiet then, the dual impulses of 'Tell him, then,' and 'I'll see to it,' doing circles.]
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[ though this silence is not disagreement. it is familiar by now, after months of discordant notes in their conversations. ]
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As there is the dangerous ground. It threatens the business in Nevarra; it threatens whatever legitimacy a handful of mages (on whom they might soon come to rely) have scraped together in the eyes of Riftwatch. It might, given the opportunity, expose a vulnerability they've agreed won't be.
Why should Captain Flint warn some healer he hardly knows? Because he disagrees with the other Division Heads. Because he has made a habit of doing what he thinks is best regardless of what's been agreed on in a closed room. Because whatever the fuck someone wants to think, so long as it begs fewer follow up questions should someone find themselves in a position to hold a light up to it.
So, brusquely and as if there had been no question at all:]
I'll see that he's made aware.
[And that can be the end of it.]