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"Because he is selfish. For an ascended, he is still wildly emotional and irrational." The goddess replies with a scowl. "Indeed. That's how the Voice learns about the accepted and the attuned and even the hybrids. But the ascended? Their minds are all connected to hers. She can see through their eyes, hear everything they are saying...and if she needs to, she can control them utterly." A lot of damage didn't even begin to cover it. "Nate could kill Kamaria in her bed. Could slit Sunjata's throat. Could overthrow Torchline in a heartbeat, or worse."
Allowing the Madame to lean and shift, Safrin gathers more of her hair in her fingers, tugging and combing it softly. "I thought so too. But nearly a year has passed and had he finished the regional quest I gave him, your brothel would still be standing. No one would have been hurt." Safrin sighs. "I adore Sunjata of course. But I worry that, as you've said, his personal life is interfering with his leadership."
Smiling to herself, able to see many of the thoughts that buzz in Maeve's mind, Safrin chuckles. "It doesn't seem silly at all. You have always been far more than a whore Maeve, no matter your profession." She says gently. "As for Jack..? I think he would be easily bought, no matter what allegiances he previously held."
An idea occurs to her then, and it's with a curious glint in her gaze that Safrin tilts her head slightly to the side. "If Sunjata could be persuaded to have Nate step down..he might still need someone to oversee things with him?"
Allowing the Madame to lean and shift, Safrin gathers more of her hair in her fingers, tugging and combing it softly. "I thought so too. But nearly a year has passed and had he finished the regional quest I gave him, your brothel would still be standing. No one would have been hurt." Safrin sighs. "I adore Sunjata of course. But I worry that, as you've said, his personal life is interfering with his leadership."
Smiling to herself, able to see many of the thoughts that buzz in Maeve's mind, Safrin chuckles. "It doesn't seem silly at all. You have always been far more than a whore Maeve, no matter your profession." She says gently. "As for Jack..? I think he would be easily bought, no matter what allegiances he previously held."
An idea occurs to her then, and it's with a curious glint in her gaze that Safrin tilts her head slightly to the side. "If Sunjata could be persuaded to have Nate step down..he might still need someone to oversee things with him?"
you're the one prize i'd cheat to win
