[Botta does not often criticise Lord Yuan, but he's also about the only one who's unafraid to do so, even if he avoids it until it's explicitly invited. Even so, he does so with a military sort of courtesy, with his hands clasped behind his back in a parade rest, his gaze directed at the wall over Yuan's head.]
Sir, you've barely left this room since you brought Aurion into it. You've been personally attending him hand and foot. You've been compromised. Even if your reading of things is accurate, and Aurion is willing to open the seal, you've been compromised -- enough to potentially abandon the plan we've been effecting for decades, all for this one man's word.
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[Botta does not often criticise Lord Yuan, but he's also about the only one who's unafraid to do so, even if he avoids it until it's explicitly invited. Even so, he does so with a military sort of courtesy, with his hands clasped behind his back in a parade rest, his gaze directed at the wall over Yuan's head.]
Sir, you've barely left this room since you brought Aurion into it. You've been personally attending him hand and foot. You've been compromised. Even if your reading of things is accurate, and Aurion is willing to open the seal, you've been compromised -- enough to potentially abandon the plan we've been effecting for decades, all for this one man's word.