[Far be it from Myr to turn down so reasonable suggestion. He gives an agreeable bob of his antlered head and breaks the seal on the jar. The garden's warm enough it doesn't take long for the scent of the honey to permeate the air; the Faun breathes it in with an expression of happy concentration.]
Ah--this was from a berry crop, wasn't it? [Hang on a minute, he'll get the exact scent... Fauns are resistant to iunerberries as they are any other intoxicant, but it's still sufficient to take a little edge of his wariness.
Though any inclination he's got to simply...fall into that, and the seductive sound of scale on scale...is jarred loose when Jin Guangyao speaks again.
A fellow Council member. Caster had been alarmed to hear someone on the Council had been spreading names of Mirrorbound to kidnap, and Myr had reassured him, but the worry was important, wasn't it?]
Mmm. Maybe this is something we should've agreed on, in Council. Your plan, and the...back-up plan. [He absent-mindedly starts to screw the lid back on the jar, then stops, ears flicking.] To ensure no one interferes--there's not another option?
I... [He takes the lid back off the jar; he's fidgeting.] We're all investigating, as the Coven asked. As far as I know--any coordination on what to do with the Circle will come after we've reported back. I think, though I've got to pass word on--you understand--if any names come up for abduction. Light and L...they're interested in Alder and they'll have out the names of his collaborators, if they can. And what they're doing with the Cwyld... I think Hector's starting to go over to them. Viren, as well. I've got to get them both back. Everett's working on that, too--but we need something to break any hold on them, and once we've done that the Circle will know what we're about.
[A brief pause.] I don't think it's safe to let them grab anyone else, messere. No matter what you've planned.
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Ah--this was from a berry crop, wasn't it? [Hang on a minute, he'll get the exact scent... Fauns are resistant to iunerberries as they are any other intoxicant, but it's still sufficient to take a little edge of his wariness.
Though any inclination he's got to simply...fall into that, and the seductive sound of scale on scale...is jarred loose when Jin Guangyao speaks again.
A fellow Council member. Caster had been alarmed to hear someone on the Council had been spreading names of Mirrorbound to kidnap, and Myr had reassured him, but the worry was important, wasn't it?]
Mmm. Maybe this is something we should've agreed on, in Council. Your plan, and the...back-up plan. [He absent-mindedly starts to screw the lid back on the jar, then stops, ears flicking.] To ensure no one interferes--there's not another option?
I... [He takes the lid back off the jar; he's fidgeting.] We're all investigating, as the Coven asked. As far as I know--any coordination on what to do with the Circle will come after we've reported back. I think, though I've got to pass word on--you understand--if any names come up for abduction. Light and L...they're interested in Alder and they'll have out the names of his collaborators, if they can. And what they're doing with the Cwyld... I think Hector's starting to go over to them. Viren, as well. I've got to get them both back. Everett's working on that, too--but we need something to break any hold on them, and once we've done that the Circle will know what we're about.
[A brief pause.] I don't think it's safe to let them grab anyone else, messere. No matter what you've planned.