Of course, there's a part of him that wonders whether, even knowing what he'd have to trade, he'd have done it. He thinks he might. It's important information. They needed to know it, and he's not sure how else they might have found it out. Certainly not through ADI.
"I don't know," he has to admit, because he doesn't know what the faerie would do. Certainly not go out of their way, he thinks. He didn't get that impression at all. They were content, but not altruistic. Which - well. Knowing it's a faerie makes that idea less surprising. "I don't think it's much trouble to keep it going. But I don't know what they'd do if ADI actually threatened them unless they stopped."
Maybe they'd keep it up anyway. Maybe they'd stop. He shakes his head. He really doesn't know. "I want to trust them, but - " There's a part of him now that can't. That does feel more than a little betrayed. And still frightened, for his friends.
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"I don't know," he has to admit, because he doesn't know what the faerie would do. Certainly not go out of their way, he thinks. He didn't get that impression at all. They were content, but not altruistic. Which - well. Knowing it's a faerie makes that idea less surprising. "I don't think it's much trouble to keep it going. But I don't know what they'd do if ADI actually threatened them unless they stopped."
Maybe they'd keep it up anyway. Maybe they'd stop. He shakes his head. He really doesn't know. "I want to trust them, but - " There's a part of him now that can't. That does feel more than a little betrayed. And still frightened, for his friends.