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[personal profile] ressusciter 2019-10-12 11:24 pm (UTC)(link)
Not yet, but I am scouring the city to gain what information I may in general. It would be a simple matter to pick a specialty and go into it.

[and to bother his Witch into looking into it when writer's block filled his head.]

I would not think of this as a replacement for a royal council, but an addition. Where I came from, the King still ruled, and still had his own grouping of advisers, but the Chambers had their own say in matters as well. And he listened, to know the sentiments of his people.

[he's vastly oversimplifying it, he knows, but he can't dump a history of the Revolution on her at this point in time. she's proud, definitely noble, and he wishes that this remain favorable for now. especially if they're stepping into the battleground that is politics.]

If they are giving us the truth, then they should have nothing to fear from us requesting a more intimate look at the proceedings and opening up the idea of civil discussion. We'd simply get the same information they'd give us in a different way. And it would allow us to negotiate the debt we owe them from their hospitality. Whether they see it the same way, however...that remains to be seen.
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[personal profile] ressusciter 2019-10-14 02:29 am (UTC)(link)
As much as any ally of the city may speak against an ill turn. Their matters are our own, but our matters become theirs in turn.

[he pauses for a moment.]

Our debts would be a matter to address sooner rather than later - if we were the ones to bring it up, it leaves them less room to blindside us with whatever cost they want to extract. And if they try to deny it, say it comes from good will alone - then they should be able to swear to that effect, and be held to it.
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[personal profile] ressusciter 2019-10-23 09:09 pm (UTC)(link)
My lady, every word you are speaking falls upon my ears as a welcome echo of my own thoughts.

[he closes his eyes briefly, and then refixes them on hers with a light in them.]

Such tasks cannot be completed alone. You might consider me among your allies on this side of things.