"Stay," Marcus suggests. "Work. Eat your food," is more short-term, granted, a tip of his head that seems to acknowledge he's likely spoilt her appetite, and is nearly apologetic for it. "I would have you consider speaking to more folk than only me, but it can wait. And I can make suggestions."
Until he has time to properly assess the risk. Or she chooses, in the interim between sitting here in the dining hall and meeting him in his office, whether she wishes to vanish across the waters. He would prefer she did not, but it would be a decently deniable means of a problem solved on its own.
"Is there something you would know of me?" A slight raise of an eyebrow. "For the sake of fairness."
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"Stay," Marcus suggests. "Work. Eat your food," is more short-term, granted, a tip of his head that seems to acknowledge he's likely spoilt her appetite, and is nearly apologetic for it. "I would have you consider speaking to more folk than only me, but it can wait. And I can make suggestions."
Until he has time to properly assess the risk. Or she chooses, in the interim between sitting here in the dining hall and meeting him in his office, whether she wishes to vanish across the waters. He would prefer she did not, but it would be a decently deniable means of a problem solved on its own.
"Is there something you would know of me?" A slight raise of an eyebrow. "For the sake of fairness."