"Well," Sulen says, "that answers my questions about what's going on. I can't see myself as a convincing Andan server, can you? But perhaps Iawa could use assistance carrying something. I'll see you in a minute."
But instead of immediately moving off, they lean in.
"I don't know what your game is," they say. "Maybe you're exactly what you seem to be. But I doubt it. I'm not an Inquisitor any more, so it isn't my business. But if you betray us, I will hunt you down. And if anything happens to Ashari because of you, you'll find out exactly what it's like to have all your secrets stripped from you."
They lean back. "Nothing personal. I'll be giving that speech to that guy who looks like your cousin and that technologically inclined foreigner, too."
Re: Kaliyan is bad at ignoring hierarchies: paging Ashari
But instead of immediately moving off, they lean in.
"I don't know what your game is," they say. "Maybe you're exactly what you seem to be. But I doubt it. I'm not an Inquisitor any more, so it isn't my business. But if you betray us, I will hunt you down. And if anything happens to Ashari because of you, you'll find out exactly what it's like to have all your secrets stripped from you."
They lean back. "Nothing personal. I'll be giving that speech to that guy who looks like your cousin and that technologically inclined foreigner, too."