You don't need to protect the Chantry's reputation with me,
[ a more narrowed look across to her as he adds, ]
if that's what you're doing. Do they or do they not plant spies or saboteurs where spies and saboteurs want placing? In your experience, as a Seeker of truths.
[Steady, she repeats,] It shouldn't be tolerated, but it wouldn't be without precedence.
My point was only that Riftwatch might not have been the only organization used in this. And that we should remain cautious until we have both evidence and a deeper understanding.
[ Dissatisfaction flickers through his expression, but seemingly content enough with it to leave it there, to write something down with the distracted air of someone busy paraphrasing, only half listening to the things she is saying as he scratches pen across paper. ]
In your reporting [ he continues, blithely moving past her words ] have you offered any remarks to your handler that we'd interpret as critical of Riftwatch?
[ The look back up at her is a little sharp along the lines of his not appreciating her attempted correction. ]
As you say, we operate beyond external oversight. That to some, this is concerning. In your reporting [ a conscious repetition ] have you offered them anything to given reason to concern?
Thank you for the clarification. I haven't, that I am aware of, given any particular critique. I have reported my observations: the leaders of Riftwatch are interested in doing a kind of good particular to this organization. Its members are interested in the same. There is, sometimes, disharmony, but generally a path is found with this joint interest in mind. Methods often employed by its members might not follow tradition or expectations, for good or for ill in equal parts. I have reported that the embracing of certain people who might otherwise be ostracized or cast off from other organizations is, generally, a strength of this organization. I have reported that a lack of funding creates challenges that are sometimes insurmountable, and work against Riftwatch's efforts. I have reported a lack of respect that can create similar challenges.
I may have made other comments in passing, but I believe that to be an accurate account. Occasionally Seeker Albright and Lord Seeker Marchand write for additional information or further opinions and I provide them when requested.
[ She speaks at some length and Marcus listens attentively, but his pen doesn't touch the parchment. Likely, most of this can be summarised succinctly, and as her words wrap up, a short note is written down. ]
Are they any members of Riftwatch you've made special note of, in your reporting?
[ —he can do this all day, and will, questions that attempt to box her answers into concrete details he can mark his page down, sifting through generalities for specifics. ]
[So you can make special note that I've made special note? is a light-hearted remark that Tiffany does not say, mostly because she would mean it as a joke, and she is fairly certain that Marcus Rowantree will never laugh at a joke that she's told. She isn't so insane to think that he never laughs at all. He would, probably, laugh (or at least smile) at a joke told by someone that he likes.]
The Rifters. They're of particular interest to anyone. I continue to feel obligated to mention them, both when they're newly arrived and when--if--they leave. And I've made special note of the Division Heads, and the former Templars who have joined Riftwatch.
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Date: 2022-08-25 08:26 am (UTC)[ a more narrowed look across to her as he adds, ]
if that's what you're doing. Do they or do they not plant spies or saboteurs where spies and saboteurs want placing? In your experience, as a Seeker of truths.
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Date: 2022-08-26 04:06 am (UTC)My point was only that Riftwatch might not have been the only organization used in this. And that we should remain cautious until we have both evidence and a deeper understanding.
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Date: 2022-08-27 05:12 am (UTC)In your reporting [ he continues, blithely moving past her words ] have you offered any remarks to your handler that we'd interpret as critical of Riftwatch?
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Date: 2022-08-29 06:24 pm (UTC)Critical of or critical to?
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Date: 2022-08-30 11:27 pm (UTC)[ The look back up at her is a little sharp along the lines of his not appreciating her attempted correction. ]
As you say, we operate beyond external oversight. That to some, this is concerning. In your reporting [ a conscious repetition ] have you offered them anything to given reason to concern?
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Date: 2022-09-02 12:35 am (UTC)Thank you for the clarification. I haven't, that I am aware of, given any particular critique. I have reported my observations: the leaders of Riftwatch are interested in doing a kind of good particular to this organization. Its members are interested in the same. There is, sometimes, disharmony, but generally a path is found with this joint interest in mind. Methods often employed by its members might not follow tradition or expectations, for good or for ill in equal parts. I have reported that the embracing of certain people who might otherwise be ostracized or cast off from other organizations is, generally, a strength of this organization. I have reported that a lack of funding creates challenges that are sometimes insurmountable, and work against Riftwatch's efforts. I have reported a lack of respect that can create similar challenges.
I may have made other comments in passing, but I believe that to be an accurate account. Occasionally Seeker Albright and Lord Seeker Marchand write for additional information or further opinions and I provide them when requested.
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Date: 2022-09-21 05:59 am (UTC)Are they any members of Riftwatch you've made special note of, in your reporting?
[ —he can do this all day, and will, questions that attempt to box her answers into concrete details he can mark his page down, sifting through generalities for specifics. ]
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Date: 2022-09-24 07:20 pm (UTC)The Rifters. They're of particular interest to anyone. I continue to feel obligated to mention them, both when they're newly arrived and when--if--they leave. And I've made special note of the Division Heads, and the former Templars who have joined Riftwatch.