It’s the Alice that speaks first, in barely a whisper
“Locus! Even here I can feel the fates twisting as they try to accommodate him…probability is warped and the threads are tangled…” Aria’s childlike fluting voice cuts through the mumbo jumbo
“He’s come here to demand answers from Silk…should we give them to him…he might not like what he has to hear” the old black guy with the strange eyes remains impassive, clearly a watcher rather than a speaker “come, you’ve seen him! I’m sure we’ll all meet again. We’ll be watching you Mr Guthrie, watching you with great interest! Let’s leave him to Silk, she has a task for him, haven’t you sweetie?”
Silk shrugged again, clearly deferential to these people, whoever the hell they were…as soon as their personas had derezzed from the host she quickly held up a hand to forestall Al’s tirade
“Ok, you want answers…I can give you some at least. I told you the truth as I knew it, you were at risk in London from the SK team. Your presence wasn't enough to mask the family from the seers and we believe it was them that set the SKs on you, nothing else makes sense. That they caught up with you again is only more proof. The Guild is dangerously powerful and they have a frightening disregard for the harm their meddling might do provided it furthers their goals. Aria isn't sure yet what this has to do with CFD, or at least she won't tell me, but the family are important to the Trinity somehow and you were whisked up in the maelstrom...
Ok, ok, I know all this fate talk isn't what you came here for. eTher hasn't confirmed this but I was able to trace the initial Nimrod drone launches back to Oxford...not the London base where the SKs jumped off from. I can't prove it, yet, but I wouldn't be at all surprised to find out that they were launched from a Knights staging area. I don't intend to press my luck by quizzing eTher either, and I strongly suggest you don't, but I think on balance the family are probably still alive. I can see patterns in things, that's how my gift works...and this is my reading of the threads...I trust you not to spread this information further. If they are alive it is because the seers believe them to be dead. William is being interrogated by the Security Services as we speak, it is hardly coincidence that they too were on hand to witness the whole thing. He makes for a good witness, one that doesn't threaten anyone...why else would eTher save him when she could have so easily have saved them all? I know she presents herself as a teenager but she is anything but. I've got details of someone matching her description dating back to Celedyr's first appearances, before we'd even heard about drakes...
So, is that enough to satisfy you that I haven't deliberately sent you and the family into a trap? I know the shadows breed paranoia and I have precious little to back up my assertions, so I will have to ask you to take me at my word..."
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