[At least slightly reassured, Benedict gives a small nod. It’s been a strange month since returning from Antiva, with the nightmares coming back in force and all they imply— especially for a mage. He’s kept mum about it, and withdrawn. No need to frighten anyone else.]
I’ll tell you if there’s danger threatened toward anyone in Riftwatch.
[His gaze flickers back to his desk, then to Byerly. This is his compromise.]
[ Byerly's voice is quite pleasant. Dangerously so. ]
Was one of the conditions of your release and current employment not that you would hold loyalty to Riftwatch above loyalty to one of your...other affiliations?
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Date: 2022-07-09 06:43 pm (UTC)It’s been a strange month since returning from Antiva, with the nightmares coming back in force and all they imply— especially for a mage. He’s kept mum about it, and withdrawn. No need to frighten anyone else.]
I’ll tell you if there’s danger threatened toward anyone in Riftwatch.
[His gaze flickers back to his desk, then to Byerly. This is his compromise.]
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Date: 2022-07-09 07:00 pm (UTC)[ Byerly's voice is quite pleasant. Dangerously so. ]
Was one of the conditions of your release and current employment not that you would hold loyalty to Riftwatch above loyalty to one of your...other affiliations?
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Date: 2022-07-09 07:03 pm (UTC)Please don’t ask me to do this, [spoken to his desk.]
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Date: 2022-07-09 07:08 pm (UTC)At no point have I been asking.
[ It's strange, and disconcerting, when Byerly - normally so dissolute and indirect and wry - turns steely. But he's steely now. ]
Your loyalty is here. To this office. Your sympathies may lie with them, but your loyalty is with me. Do you understand?
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Date: 2022-07-09 07:11 pm (UTC)Yes.
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Date: 2022-07-09 07:12 pm (UTC)Grand.