[ Hm. He gets that. The hint of fondness. Guess they both miss their version of home. There's interest in his eyes, how he watches what Amos is doing, even if he doesn't disrupt their present conversation to ask just yet. It resembles a weapon and the only weapon Amos has ever spoken of is what he calls a gun. He can put it together, a little, and part of him is already considering how all the pieces are meant to work. It isn't anything he's ever seen before. Not even close. ]
Their reach goes far. But I doubt they want to declare war outright. [ One captured summoned is not the same as going after several of them in targeted attacks. Especially not the ones the Free Cities have specifically summoned of their own accord. No. He imagines the others are...not safe, but not in any more or less danger than they always were.
He makes a quiet noise, contemplative. He should want that, shouldn't he? But thoughts of vengeance or destabilizing the monarchy are far from what he's after. ] If anyone gets to her, it'll be someone in Thorne.
[ Nothing like a pit of vipers to devour their own. His tone suggests he's ambivalent at best about the idea. He's no lost love for the queen, but he knows better, too. No matter what happens, whether the queen remains on her throne or one of the other mages undermine her or she chokes on poisoned wine, it'll only end in chaos. And something tells him it will not be a good thing, for the one kingdom keeping the Free Cities in check to crumble under a coup. ]
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Their reach goes far. But I doubt they want to declare war outright. [ One captured summoned is not the same as going after several of them in targeted attacks. Especially not the ones the Free Cities have specifically summoned of their own accord. No. He imagines the others are...not safe, but not in any more or less danger than they always were.
He makes a quiet noise, contemplative. He should want that, shouldn't he? But thoughts of vengeance or destabilizing the monarchy are far from what he's after. ] If anyone gets to her, it'll be someone in Thorne.
[ Nothing like a pit of vipers to devour their own. His tone suggests he's ambivalent at best about the idea. He's no lost love for the queen, but he knows better, too. No matter what happens, whether the queen remains on her throne or one of the other mages undermine her or she chokes on poisoned wine, it'll only end in chaos. And something tells him it will not be a good thing, for the one kingdom keeping the Free Cities in check to crumble under a coup. ]