Lemm sighs and makes a small, exasperated gesture. This is going to be complicated.
"If we tell him it is, he'll likely want to see for himself. Finding Hallownest the way it is with no warning may be a shock." He glances over at the window. "Then again, he might find out on his own eventually! I wonder where that'd leave us for keeping up the pretence? Urgh, I'm not going to worry about it. He's a Great Knight and he's survived the plague all these years, he's clearly made of strong stuff. I'll just try to stay ambiguous."
With this dismissed, he shrugs and goes back to arranging pieces on the board. It's hard to know without instructions, but he's mostly just noodling around and not really trying.
"Either way you've given me a lot to think about. It's fascinating that the Great Knights were apparently so close. I wouldn't be sure where to start, but you've put that Grey Mansion in my sights, so I should thank you for that, as well."
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"If we tell him it is, he'll likely want to see for himself. Finding Hallownest the way it is with no warning may be a shock." He glances over at the window. "Then again, he might find out on his own eventually! I wonder where that'd leave us for keeping up the pretence? Urgh, I'm not going to worry about it. He's a Great Knight and he's survived the plague all these years, he's clearly made of strong stuff. I'll just try to stay ambiguous."
With this dismissed, he shrugs and goes back to arranging pieces on the board. It's hard to know without instructions, but he's mostly just noodling around and not really trying.
"Either way you've given me a lot to think about. It's fascinating that the Great Knights were apparently so close. I wouldn't be sure where to start, but you've put that Grey Mansion in my sights, so I should thank you for that, as well."