[He smiles faintly as Jaskier's grape tossing, finding it amusing, but it can't last for long. Regrettably, there are grimmer things afoot.
Estinien isn't sure if their protection was a simple result of their stasis preventing change of any kind to their form, or if it was an intentional addition by Oliver and his companion. He supposes he can understand why they might. After all, the death of Ambrose could have been partly attributed to them if that were the case, and maybe they are trying to remain more neutral than that.]
Mayhap Oliver was uninterested in having his hands sullied by our actions.
[It's an annoying idea, but not one that he can fully disagree with. If they are representatives of the Singularity, that may cause some complications. Not that Estinien wouldn't have taken the opportunity regardless.
At any rate, the business with Relena is more important. For a moment he forgot that this wasn't common knowledge - Relena has been freely sharing it in Solvunn, but he supposes that wouldn't necessarily include anyone who went elsewhere.]
Aye... she seems to have recovered fully. Yet, the Queen had spirited her away to use her as a test subject - all an effort to transfer the power of us summoned to a native Abraxian. The man intended to receive this gift was torn to shreds before Relena's eyes, much the same way he would have been had he crossed the threshold.
They nearly drained the life out of her, and without Master Oliver's intervention, it seems likely that she might have perished, or at the very least, had her connection to her home permanently severed. So far as I understand it, anyway. Only the beginning of their plans, I suspect.
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Estinien isn't sure if their protection was a simple result of their stasis preventing change of any kind to their form, or if it was an intentional addition by Oliver and his companion. He supposes he can understand why they might. After all, the death of Ambrose could have been partly attributed to them if that were the case, and maybe they are trying to remain more neutral than that.]
Mayhap Oliver was uninterested in having his hands sullied by our actions.
[It's an annoying idea, but not one that he can fully disagree with. If they are representatives of the Singularity, that may cause some complications. Not that Estinien wouldn't have taken the opportunity regardless.
At any rate, the business with Relena is more important. For a moment he forgot that this wasn't common knowledge - Relena has been freely sharing it in Solvunn, but he supposes that wouldn't necessarily include anyone who went elsewhere.]
Aye... she seems to have recovered fully. Yet, the Queen had spirited her away to use her as a test subject - all an effort to transfer the power of us summoned to a native Abraxian. The man intended to receive this gift was torn to shreds before Relena's eyes, much the same way he would have been had he crossed the threshold.
They nearly drained the life out of her, and without Master Oliver's intervention, it seems likely that she might have perished, or at the very least, had her connection to her home permanently severed. So far as I understand it, anyway. Only the beginning of their plans, I suspect.