[The changes are difficult to read, faint amusement? some sort of hidden anger? He can't put name to it, but she's not ordering him out or changing her mind about helping so he files it away to think about another day. He nods.]
I know. There's little as it is, and Darktown will ever be lowest priority for every organization. It provides no money and no power. What can be added will help. Currently we've the Chantry pretending to care and sending aid down... but Darktown has been here for centuries and the Chantry has never cared before.
[His smile is a little cold.]
They'll help, and when they've got whatever they're after, they'll stop. But we will still be here. I will still be here, as I've been for... [he waves a hand.] Nine years? Something like. And maybe the Chantry will actually be useful for a time for more than simply keeping people down, persecuting, and enslaving. Wouldn't that be a change. And now I've gone off track, my apologies. In short, whatever help can come to Darktown is welcome, regardless of how much or little it is or what agenda it serves.
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I know. There's little as it is, and Darktown will ever be lowest priority for every organization. It provides no money and no power. What can be added will help. Currently we've the Chantry pretending to care and sending aid down... but Darktown has been here for centuries and the Chantry has never cared before.
[His smile is a little cold.]
They'll help, and when they've got whatever they're after, they'll stop. But we will still be here. I will still be here, as I've been for... [he waves a hand.] Nine years? Something like. And maybe the Chantry will actually be useful for a time for more than simply keeping people down, persecuting, and enslaving. Wouldn't that be a change. And now I've gone off track, my apologies. In short, whatever help can come to Darktown is welcome, regardless of how much or little it is or what agenda it serves.