But it isn't exactly the right thing, either, and Kostos gives Ilias a considering look that stretches into a silence that other people might find uncomfortable, which is part of why he's developed the habit. His stare does a decent job pinning people against walls to squirm, when they're not also strange foreign mages and likely immune to thinking he's going to light them on fire and then make their bones dance for the king. He's also thinking, though. Hard, and quickly. Like Ilias is a logic puzzle to be deciphered from a sparse handful of clues.
Ilias knew Casimir; Ilias makes his own reckless decisions at least occasionally; Ilias covered for him thus far.
It's still a gamble. Kostos is too much of a pessimist, especially about Ilias, to think this is a good idea. Which has stopped him from doing things approximately never. ]
Before the rebellion, they found a way to reverse Tranquility. They say they managed it once.
[ That shouldn't be news. ]
But the Seekers murdered him— [ Not true, but there are two mages in Thedas who know that, and Kostos isn't one of them. ] —and since then—nothing. No word. No attempts. Whatever else is done with us, I would see that...
[ Ended. Him, and several other people. It's been a fairly massive undertaking, reaching as high up as to encompass two of the division heads and a handful of other people more important than he is to the Inquisition's larger cause. He'll stop taking all the credit as soon as he's sure the credit isn't coming with a dungeon cell.
In any case, he trails off, tongue slightly tied by uncertainty even if he refuses to look the least bit repentant or afraid. Killing Ilias and hiding the body isn't entirely off the table. ]
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But it isn't exactly the right thing, either, and Kostos gives Ilias a considering look that stretches into a silence that other people might find uncomfortable, which is part of why he's developed the habit. His stare does a decent job pinning people against walls to squirm, when they're not also strange foreign mages and likely immune to thinking he's going to light them on fire and then make their bones dance for the king. He's also thinking, though. Hard, and quickly. Like Ilias is a logic puzzle to be deciphered from a sparse handful of clues.
Ilias knew Casimir; Ilias makes his own reckless decisions at least occasionally; Ilias covered for him thus far.
It's still a gamble. Kostos is too much of a pessimist, especially about Ilias, to think this is a good idea. Which has stopped him from doing things approximately never. ]
Before the rebellion, they found a way to reverse Tranquility. They say they managed it once.
[ That shouldn't be news. ]
But the Seekers murdered him— [ Not true, but there are two mages in Thedas who know that, and Kostos isn't one of them. ] —and since then—nothing. No word. No attempts. Whatever else is done with us, I would see that...
[ Ended. Him, and several other people. It's been a fairly massive undertaking, reaching as high up as to encompass two of the division heads and a handful of other people more important than he is to the Inquisition's larger cause. He'll stop taking all the credit as soon as he's sure the credit isn't coming with a dungeon cell.
In any case, he trails off, tongue slightly tied by uncertainty even if he refuses to look the least bit repentant or afraid. Killing Ilias and hiding the body isn't entirely off the table. ]
We cannot continue that way.