"I shall do as duty requires me, Lady Eliza."  Martin.<em>It is by my will alone that I set my mind in motion.  I will not be deterred in my duty.  My mind is clear and my will is set.  It is by my will alone that I set my mind in motion.</em>A plot.  A signal.  A way to determine the defector, or should the defector prove false, a way to show House Talbot that such attempts at inserting a double agent into their midst would prove unwise in the future.<em>By sight I read, by voice I hear.  But by my will alone is my mind set in motion.</em>Paeter Gull, the spice merchant, would need to be an involved figure in this plan, after all, their supposed defector was to be here as a part of their entourage.  An assassination attempt, perhaps?  Some trick to be played to convince the defector that his own House was onto him, and that now was his best time to jump ship and join them?<br/><br/><em>For if not now, then when?  But is it his desire that languishes, or perhaps a case of hesitation.  Perhaps.  But on my part, there shall be no hesitation.  For by my will alone I set my mind in motion.</em>