[ Well, as long as they're all equal opportunity victims, then that settles that. The notion isn't great, but at least he probably doesn't need to take extra precautions because he's being specifically targeted or whatever.
(He's also confident that Yima would not let anything happen to him, but that's something else entirely.)
There's the sense of acknowledgment from Amos regarding Aetós' explanation of Powder — also not great, but probably harmless all things considered, so that'll be good to take back to Vander — but his mood noticeably darkens at the answer to his second question.
Of course it wasn't going to be that easy. Aetós is not a single-minded man focused on a single project held within his captivity; they're someone still out there with their own free will, fingers in an unknowable number of pies.
Still. ]
So how did you think this was going to go? You ask me to give you her shard back, I say yes, and we're all on our merry ways? You thought that'd work?
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(He's also confident that Yima would not let anything happen to him, but that's something else entirely.)
There's the sense of acknowledgment from Amos regarding Aetós' explanation of Powder — also not great, but probably harmless all things considered, so that'll be good to take back to Vander — but his mood noticeably darkens at the answer to his second question.
Of course it wasn't going to be that easy. Aetós is not a single-minded man focused on a single project held within his captivity; they're someone still out there with their own free will, fingers in an unknowable number of pies.
Still. ]
So how did you think this was going to go? You ask me to give you her shard back, I say yes, and we're all on our merry ways? You thought that'd work?