[There's too much to sort through, both for the project and Cassian's sanity, to say more in response than,]
Thank you, my lord.
[Everything he'd ever been told about the cause, things said to him personally by Khriou and Draven, things he'd heard afar and after the fact, all wrapped up by the deep pulsing hurt of being told what he badly wanted but distrusting that because that wasn't how the universe worked—and so unable to tell if he was really picking up on some suspicious overselling or just perceiving it because he was looking for something to get a solid handhold on…
But he'd compile it diligently. Isolated facts and commentary alike. Analyze down the ratio of one to the other. Compare to others. See if… anything.
One way or another, the Count had taken this seriously and put in a lot of work. That in itself was… something.]
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Thank you, my lord.
[Everything he'd ever been told about the cause, things said to him personally by Khriou and Draven, things he'd heard afar and after the fact, all wrapped up by the deep pulsing hurt of being told what he badly wanted but distrusting that because that wasn't how the universe worked—and so unable to tell if he was really picking up on some suspicious overselling or just perceiving it because he was looking for something to get a solid handhold on…
But he'd compile it diligently. Isolated facts and commentary alike. Analyze down the ratio of one to the other. Compare to others. See if… anything.
One way or another, the Count had taken this seriously and put in a lot of work. That in itself was… something.]
Very much