"Hey no need to get all in a huff. I don't think you're weak, but this thing is literal Evil incarnate. I highly doubt studying it will get us anywhere." He seemed to brush the idea off, but truthfully he didn't want to go around any more nobility. Even if Alma's master was a dimwit, he couldn't know if it was an act. The queen had said she wanted to kill him, but that could have been a lie. Still, Alma did have a point, and she did need to restock. "Look,I'll level with you. I don't trust getting even a hundred feet in the proximity of any lord right now. How can we be sure he's not some genius master mind pulling at the strings? " Flint tended to view those above him as idiots, but he wouldn't underestimate their power, or influence in a situation like this. He needed to know if Alma was sure this man was safe. "Is he really safe?"