[Well. Even if Myr doesn't like upsetting his Bonded, pointing Viren's ire at a rumor this way has at least gotten them on safer ground.
...And set him up for another piece of deception, though if it works...]
I'd thought as much myself, [which was not untrue; he'd judged Alder too dedicated to the cause to indulge of much of that, nor suffer it in his followers,] but you've seen more of the noble sorts who associate with the Circle than I have.
[Also literally true, given Myr hasn't...seen...any of them.] You can't always trust that they're in something out of pure selfless interest, you know? Look--
[He digs in his satchel, coming up with a carefully folded piece of newsprint. He offers it up in his Bonded's direction.] --though, they're even publishing broadsheets on it. At least--that's what the woman who gave this to me said it was.
[This is also true: It is a rather scandalously lurid account of certain activities supposedly taking place among Alder's inner circle, rife with juicy details and anatomically improbable illustrations. (Forgive Myr, Viren: No one had described those to him.)
It is also enchanted with a spell meant to shatter Dorchacht-style mind control on touching skin. Lacking a concrete idea of what the Circle was using, Myr couldn't tell the Witch he'd hired exactly what counterspell to write, but he hopes...]
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...And set him up for another piece of deception, though if it works...]
I'd thought as much myself, [which was not untrue; he'd judged Alder too dedicated to the cause to indulge of much of that, nor suffer it in his followers,] but you've seen more of the noble sorts who associate with the Circle than I have.
[Also literally true, given Myr hasn't...seen...any of them.] You can't always trust that they're in something out of pure selfless interest, you know? Look--
[He digs in his satchel, coming up with a carefully folded piece of newsprint. He offers it up in his Bonded's direction.] --though, they're even publishing broadsheets on it. At least--that's what the woman who gave this to me said it was.
[This is also true: It is a rather scandalously lurid account of certain activities supposedly taking place among Alder's inner circle, rife with juicy details and anatomically improbable illustrations. (Forgive Myr, Viren: No one had described those to him.)
It is also enchanted with a spell meant to shatter Dorchacht-style mind control on touching skin. Lacking a concrete idea of what the Circle was using, Myr couldn't tell the Witch he'd hired exactly what counterspell to write, but he hopes...]