[As a rule, he doesn't sit around wallowing in despair, so— 'difficult' it is. He shrugs, because the rest of that point is true; much as he cherishes the Sixth, and despite his completely true claim that he would pick them all up in a heartbeat and move them elsewhere, to be anywhere but within the demesne of Dominicus - that's not yet an option, and so: this. Meaning, in a place fundamentally without the vestiges of his House.
It's a living. Or, well, it is now, in a way it was not many months ago, which makes Ortus' question one he does have to think about, for a moment.]
Hmm. Both? It's not as if I became Master Warden by chance. As Warden, I'm responsible for the livelihood of the Sixth; that's true. But if I'm going to see my people again, I'm not going to face them with nothing but negligence for these people behind me. That's hardly appropriate for someone in my position.
[Or anybody with basic human decency, but that's just obvious. Still - the obligations of the Master Warden of the Sixth and the self-imposed duties of Palamedes Sextus of Trench are more or less the same, he thinks. Thematically.
It does occur to him that the privilege of holding a position he actually wanted is, ah, not universal. If he's correct in his assumption that Ortus' separation of Warden and Sextus is some kind of natural conclusion, that they are separate.]
If we're talking decision-making specificity: I wanted to contribute.
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[As a rule, he doesn't sit around wallowing in despair, so— 'difficult' it is. He shrugs, because the rest of that point is true; much as he cherishes the Sixth, and despite his completely true claim that he would pick them all up in a heartbeat and move them elsewhere, to be anywhere but within the demesne of Dominicus - that's not yet an option, and so: this. Meaning, in a place fundamentally without the vestiges of his House.
It's a living. Or, well, it is now, in a way it was not many months ago, which makes Ortus' question one he does have to think about, for a moment.]
Hmm. Both? It's not as if I became Master Warden by chance. As Warden, I'm responsible for the livelihood of the Sixth; that's true. But if I'm going to see my people again, I'm not going to face them with nothing but negligence for these people behind me. That's hardly appropriate for someone in my position.
[Or anybody with basic human decency, but that's just obvious. Still - the obligations of the Master Warden of the Sixth and the self-imposed duties of Palamedes Sextus of Trench are more or less the same, he thinks. Thematically.
It does occur to him that the privilege of holding a position he actually wanted is, ah, not universal. If he's correct in his assumption that Ortus' separation of Warden and Sextus is some kind of natural conclusion, that they are separate.]
If we're talking decision-making specificity: I wanted to contribute.