Perhaps it was. Hod has often seemed particularly tricky in terms of humor. [He says with - the banter feeling more like a formality than anything else - as he folds his hands together on the table.]
Mm. The fact that I gave my support should speak for itself. Do you honestly believe that I would have acted for anything other than everyone's best interests?
You would know more than I do. [It really was more a formality, but it seemed better to go about it this way than to jump right in after having spoken with Frey the night before. While she may not have been there herself, hearing about it through Freyjadour's account was enough worry on its own.]
I believe that you would act in the best interests of everyone if you were truly yourself, and to my understanding this was a decision that was difficult on a number of people on that mission. I only know what was decided in the end. What I want to know more of is what led up to it, and I know that you are one who would want to know all that you can before taking a course of action.
That's refreshing to hear. Very well, then. [He smiles.] It may troublesome to explain things, but given Guy's absence from this world, I find that I am left with no choice.
Do you know the basics of this mission at least? We were sent to investigate the Iron Eye and to determine their status as a threat to the Malnosso, under the guise of appraising their abilities for the Malnosso.
Considering what I have heard regarding your role, you would have had to explain things to others unless you had had someone accompanying you the entire time and reported on your behalf. [She answers the smile with a shrug. Really with the tone they've been keeping so far, this may seem as though it were a simple report.]
I heard that things did not turn out that way, even if everyone on the mission did initially start out in their roles the way it was reported to the village before those attending were dispatched.
Yes, but you're getting ahead of yourself. Let's see. I believe one of the first factors which began to point us in a new direction was the presence of one Sir Catherine. I assume you're familiar with him?
... I am familiar with him. [She spoke with him once before as a matter of fact, though under the influence of an experiment. There wasn't much of a surprised reaction from her as she hears that he was there, given that Frey had also mentioned him the night before.
But it was still troubling.] So he really was there...?
Yes - in the blue flesh, so to speak. [Although from her statement, it doesn't seem as if she's talked to him as much as some of the others - who had built up a trust in him.] It seems he's now on the run from the Malnosso himself, which is what lead him to do business with the Iron Eye. He's the one who commissioned the shift bomb's construction. And, what's more... he's the one whose attempt to permanently remove Zompano from both the Organization and this world backfired. Which, of course, resulted in our beloved Lord Mayor getting his position in the Third Party.
backdated to morning of September 12th.
Mm. The fact that I gave my support should speak for itself. Do you honestly believe that I would have acted for anything other than everyone's best interests?
backdated to morning of September 12th.
I believe that you would act in the best interests of everyone if you were truly yourself, and to my understanding this was a decision that was difficult on a number of people on that mission. I only know what was decided in the end. What I want to know more of is what led up to it, and I know that you are one who would want to know all that you can before taking a course of action.
backdated to morning of September 12th.
Do you know the basics of this mission at least? We were sent to investigate the Iron Eye and to determine their status as a threat to the Malnosso, under the guise of appraising their abilities for the Malnosso.
backdated to morning of September 12th.
I heard that things did not turn out that way, even if everyone on the mission did initially start out in their roles the way it was reported to the village before those attending were dispatched.
backdated to morning of September 12th.
backdated to morning of September 12th.
But it was still troubling.] So he really was there...?
backdated to morning of September 12th.
Yes - in the blue flesh, so to speak. [Although from her statement, it doesn't seem as if she's talked to him as much as some of the others - who had built up a trust in him.] It seems he's now on the run from the Malnosso himself, which is what lead him to do business with the Iron Eye. He's the one who commissioned the shift bomb's construction. And, what's more... he's the one whose attempt to permanently remove Zompano from both the Organization and this world backfired. Which, of course, resulted in our beloved Lord Mayor getting his position in the Third Party.