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[bloodypath]

SYNTROFOS PROFILE [INBOX] username: hvv name: Marquis Hubert von Vestra age: 26 hometown: Enbarr, Adrestia, Fódlan State your purpose. art credit code credit

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[opposed]

Not yet, no. It's...difficult to know this is going to keep happening and that we cannot stop it at the root. But if we want to make headway, we have to keep our heads down for the moment.

[ In any other circumstances, either of them would have the power and influence to stop this. But they aren't their titles here. They're just another of the Augmented. For now. ]

It also means more strain on resources, which is troubling the people of Karteria already. [ ...It also might mean there's reasonable doubt that some of the first pack will make it through the experiment, and that troubles her more. But she doesn't want to fall into that mindset. ] But we could try to make it work into an opportunity for us to see how they're pulling us in, what they're using, and if there is potential in the future for us to stop it or to subvert it.

[ Whether that's direct sabotage, recalibration, or even just convincing Patho-Gen to stop, they'll have to determine that as it comes. She dislikes resorting to old habits, to think of this as an opportunity rather than the exploitation it is...but it feels a disservice to simply accept it, too. ]

[bloodypath]

[Hubert, at least, has no problems seeing it as an opportunity. He willingly embraced being Edelgard's hateful shadow for the sole purpose of letting her virtues shine brighter; he could be the monster--metaphorically--here too.]

[Even if that meant reconsidering his willful noncompliance to participate in experiments as a means of ingratiating himself to them. Though that isn't a matter to discuss on the device.]

Agreed. it's a precarious situation. Perhaps it would be wisest to observe for now and focus on locating smuggled katalyth. Or discerning why someone would smuggle katalyth.

[opposed]

I agree. Let's focus on those points for the time being. We can reconvene when we have more information, and I'll start looking to see who can best help us while being discreet.

[ Having to trust people? Ugh. ]

[bloodypath]

I'll inform you if I find anything.

[So much trust involved since he arrived here. He'll never feel clean again.]

[It's easier to be brisk over the device without his soul-beast trying to find excuses to linger. If there is nothing else, he'll hang up.]