Oh, so he's the cynical sort. Not that Thancred protests that, exactly, though he considers himself a realist more than anything else. His pessimistic side has been tempered by the other Scions, allowing him to view things from a few different angles.

"There are in fact some decent people out there in the world, but to indulge your theory..." Thancred plants a hand on his hip and shrugs one shoulder. "Quite a few Summoned have been making frequent trips to Nott to offer aid. I suspect that Vela's identified us as the sort of people who, generally speaking, wish to help their fellow man and who would therefore be productive additions to Nott."

There's a pause where he clears his throat. "However, I think we might be best off speaking to those Summoned who were sheltered by Nott in the past, if we want a true sense of what it would be like. Either way, I'd mark it as a path taken only in the event of emergency, if we don't want to draw more of the monarchy's ire in Nott's direction."