You know, [he begins mildly] I had thought, looking from the outside in, that the monarchs might be doing this on purpose - looking at friendships across courts, and trying to find ways to turn people against those they know from home to ensure loyalty to the courts. I'm glad to have thought wrong on that front.

[But it is something Waver doesn't doubt has been done in the past, and will be done in the future. Rin's new position has him terrified of Morla trying to pull that on him.]

You're engaging in a balancing act of politics from here on out. Personal ones, and greater ones that'll impact everything. That's not an easy task to be taking on.