[He doesn't argue about Nick or Henry; although he's getting to know Henry more than he has Nick, he's pretty convinced that both of them have good motives and the capability to put them into effect. Maketh is, as far as he's concerned, the real issue here.
And that last part of what she says--not about the Guard, but about herself--stands out to him, and provides a shift in topic that he decides to dare making.]
Do you really believe that? That you know what you are, and that those in Hadriel do too?
[Because he doesn't; he'd started to think she was just entirely unwilling, despite her previous assertions to the contrary, to change her behavior, but their last meeting--despite how badly it had gone--had also provided an odd glimmer of doubt about that. And he doesn't for a moment think that the general populace of Hadriel knows much of anything about some of the lengths she'll go to, or some of the beliefs she holds.]
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Date: 2017-09-06 04:03 am (UTC)And that last part of what she says--not about the Guard, but about herself--stands out to him, and provides a shift in topic that he decides to dare making.]
Do you really believe that? That you know what you are, and that those in Hadriel do too?
[Because he doesn't; he'd started to think she was just entirely unwilling, despite her previous assertions to the contrary, to change her behavior, but their last meeting--despite how badly it had gone--had also provided an odd glimmer of doubt about that. And he doesn't for a moment think that the general populace of Hadriel knows much of anything about some of the lengths she'll go to, or some of the beliefs she holds.]