<div class="floatleft">(https://i.imgur.com/0kQTA1Z.png)</div><table class="bbc_table"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Name</strong></td><td>Countess Lieutenant Kathryn Foss</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Date</strong></td><td>May 3025</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Location    </strong></td><td>Siege Perilous: Karnov Transport</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Tagging</strong></td><td>Open, Edward DuPierre</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Content</strong></td><td>Arrival</td></tr></tbody></table><hr/><br/>Kathryn managed to suppress an exasperated sigh. "No, Viscount; if such an alliance were proposed, it would not be in our best interests to be seen as forming an alliance." It certainly wasn't in her best interests. "Just the opposite, in fact. If it is thought that we are allied, third parties will treat us as one. If we are though to be separate, we may identify enemies when they attempt to entice us by offering their support against the each other. Do you understand?" She eyed the Viscount, hoping that it was possible to teach him the most fundamental tool of politics and warfare: deception.