[quietly,] Yes. Though as Ser Coupe's observed--we're fewer and in many ways better off now than those who'd be most comforted by our return to them.
And--by comparison, when they are run well--a Circle is not so bad a life, [if one gets used to the ever-present threat of the sword, or so his tone seems to say.
Something had to be done, echoes in his ears.]
Which does not mean we should be resigned to their return as they were, nor that we make the choice for those who follow that an unwilling few are a fair price to pay for safety. It can--and should--be better than it was.
[A small pause.] Yes. I know conspicuously positioning our people to aid her would bring questions of bias and influence. How might it best be done to avoid the worst of those?
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And--by comparison, when they are run well--a Circle is not so bad a life, [if one gets used to the ever-present threat of the sword, or so his tone seems to say.
Something had to be done, echoes in his ears.]
Which does not mean we should be resigned to their return as they were, nor that we make the choice for those who follow that an unwilling few are a fair price to pay for safety. It can--and should--be better than it was.
[A small pause.] Yes. I know conspicuously positioning our people to aid her would bring questions of bias and influence. How might it best be done to avoid the worst of those?