Wait, this was a lot more than Mouse had expected! If she hadn't come out swinging to cover for Talion she would've asked the god to slow down and explain exactly what he was about. She knew the broad strokes, of course, she couldn't live in a village under the dominion of the Realm and not know that the Anathema had been overthrown and the Dragons put in their place.<br/><br/>...but she hadn't expected it to be<em>true</em>. It was the way tyrants talked, everything before them had been terrible and they were of course but the humble restorers of order. Right?<br/><br/>Or was that just more talk from the Stag to raise her fury against the Realm?<br/><br/>Shit.<br/><br/>She trusted Talion to look after Kersinta. She needed to... shit, she didn't know what she needed to do. She was entirely out of her depth and she didn't trust that Kisara knew what she was doing even if she<em>really </em>sounded like it. She needed more information while still sounding like she knew exactly what she was doing. Maybe if she could...<br/><br/>"Just out of curiosity, Lord Maur-Azur, what position did you yourself occupy in the old order?" she asked, hoping it would get him talking.