[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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[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.]