I would have been more upset if you didn't tell me. Or at least tell someone, as much as he'd prefer it be him. This venture of yours is volatile, and could blow up in our faces. It would have been idiotic to not telling someone here. That is definitely a pointed thought.

The Stregobor Issue is something to maybe poke into it at some point. But not right now, on a new connection. If only because he knows how he would react.

You shouldn't have to deal with that. Him, his mood. It's the closest apology he might ever offer for making Istredd form this link.