[It's equally ludicrous to imagine they'd do anything on his, a spineless traitor's, word, dream or not; for all anyone but Byerly knows, Riftwatch would be walking right into a trap orchestrated by the Venatori themselves.
...all right, perhaps that's a bit dramatic. But Benedict knows where he stands in the organization, and also knows that it would largely be Byerly fighting for it on his own.
Which... still means something, truth be told.]
But it's...
[He sits on his words for a moment, the nib of his pen pausing just above the inkwell.]
no subject
[It's equally ludicrous to imagine they'd do anything on his, a spineless traitor's, word, dream or not; for all anyone but Byerly knows, Riftwatch would be walking right into a trap orchestrated by the Venatori themselves.
...all right, perhaps that's a bit dramatic. But Benedict knows where he stands in the organization, and also knows that it would largely be Byerly fighting for it on his own.
Which... still means something, truth be told.]
But it's...
[He sits on his words for a moment, the nib of his pen pausing just above the inkwell.]
...it matters. That you care.
To me, at least.