Kathryn lifted an eyebrow at the change of form.<br/><br/><strong>"So take the city in a way and for reasons you don't want me to know about which will do away with the other elders without them feeling forced. And if you suspect I have read or effected your mind you will kill me on the spot. So in short I you expect me to trust you while your secret plan implies I myself am not worthy of your trust"</strong><br/><br/>Kathryn placed her drink down.<br/><strong><br/>"Why am I not surprised....  Barely a whisper from you for fifty years and this before 'hi kathryn how are things? - Well frankly the offer is temping as I do have urges and dreams that current situation of territories does frustrate. Rectoris being coupled with another with more direct powers certainly would be formidable. However not telling me your plan does smell of a trap that snaps on me later when everyone else has been dealt with though. Also ... "</strong><br/><br/>Kathryn stretched her legs.<br/><strong><br/>"you have always been quick to threaten death or worse coupled with implications of possibilities of Rectoris trying their luck with your mind. The young ones do it on instinct and often do not realise they are. Those are the ones you have dealt with in the past, and they certainly didn't do it on my suggestion. I am one that has warned them to try and refine preventing accidental manipulation - and to stick clear of doing so on other vampires less risk a kin war. My thanks for seeing them as the black ingorant sheep they were. However I am a master at such things, the chances of you knowing if an experienced Rectoris has effected your mind maybe a lot less than you think. The fact that your an elder doesn't make you immune to these things. Telling me I would be arrogant to assume you wouldn't know is just us making assumptions. "</strong><br/><br/>Kathryns gaze seemed more sympathetic than threatening...<br/><strong><br/>"I know your lethal Lex we are not here to try and convince each other we are superior or more powerful than the other. I know your can snap me like a twig, but a master Rectoris can manipulate your sensors to believe you have when you have actually done it to a piece of furniture while they run like the wind. This is the reason why our kin has been so successful in kin wars in the past. I said its polite for me not to try so i will not. Furthermore if I influenced your mind, my influence would fade in time and be replaced with what your true desires are anyway - the only reason why we go to these meetings concerns long term issues so me doing so would defeat any advantage I can gain from trying. Both of us have seen the death of other kins trying their luck with each other - and have seen the wisdom in preventing it getting out of hand otherwise we wouldn't be elders. "<br/></strong><br/>Kathryn sighed<strong>"Please lets at least agree to make no more threats, if you do not trust me then I know your plan would likely see me in a similar state as the others once i see my part in your plan done. I would be a fool to assume anything with someone that has stayed so private for so long. Your mystique only adds to others distrust. Still I am tempted and wish to know more of your idea.<br/><br/>I will not ask how you plan on doing things that do not involve me but if I am to risk the wrath of other kins if this fails, knowing why my kin would be welcomed and the others you wish away with not - is a sensible thing to need to know. As long term peace would rely on that staying the case. So lets put aside how or why you want it. <br/><br/>At the end - when it is done, what will you have that is so much better than what you have already ? Despite the obvious tension and threats between us, which is almost expected when elders meet ... I am interested ... very interested... "<br/></strong>