[ His gaze slides towards Jaskier, a knowing look like he's well aware of what's crossing the bard's mind before any of it is said out loud. It's a tangled mess. One he's been caught up on, despite his efforts to do otherwise, and he's not. Happy about it. To say the least. But now that he's here, now that each piece of information that unravels keeps falling into his hands, he can't help thinking about it, either. Putting it together, for what it all means.
Power is broad. He knows she's attempted to transfer the link to the Singularity to one of her own people. It failed, but...something tells him she had not pulled that stunt for the sake of the peasants. She would want it for herself. To access the one thing no one native to this world can. Is that true? It's hard to conclude much, with how little he knows, but it isn't unheard of for a monarch to crave that kind of power. ]
Tell no one. [ Jaskier already knows, but it feels important enough to be said. Until they know more, he's not willing to discuss any of this outside of the few he trusts. The information feels too dangerous to hold. If the Free Cities catches wind of instability in Thorne's court—he'd rather not go there. ] I need to decide what to do with the prime minister here before we worry about a court across the land. She has spies in her city.
[ And if he waits too long to bring this information forth, well. Who the hell knows. None of this sits right. He needs to talk to Sam about it. The man is the only one he knows of who's spoken with Marlo more than once. ]
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Power is broad. He knows she's attempted to transfer the link to the Singularity to one of her own people. It failed, but...something tells him she had not pulled that stunt for the sake of the peasants. She would want it for herself. To access the one thing no one native to this world can. Is that true? It's hard to conclude much, with how little he knows, but it isn't unheard of for a monarch to crave that kind of power. ]
Tell no one. [ Jaskier already knows, but it feels important enough to be said. Until they know more, he's not willing to discuss any of this outside of the few he trusts. The information feels too dangerous to hold. If the Free Cities catches wind of instability in Thorne's court—he'd rather not go there. ] I need to decide what to do with the prime minister here before we worry about a court across the land. She has spies in her city.
[ And if he waits too long to bring this information forth, well. Who the hell knows. None of this sits right. He needs to talk to Sam about it. The man is the only one he knows of who's spoken with Marlo more than once. ]