And Eshal sees a woman in front of Ben-Hissrath, desperately trying to say the right thing to avoid reeducation. You're not going to get any useful answers out of that.
...But what choice does she have? Jones isn't like the kid in the cage, desperate for scraps. What she's staring down is resolve, not terror. You can only win over resolve by working with it, and Eshal has no clue what Jones' goals are, or if she even has any.
When push comes to shove, Eshal defaults to her favorite tactic: scouring honesty.
"I'm gonna be flat with you," the term in Trade is be straight, but whatever. "I have... maybe two thirds of three plans. All of them need more information to move forward. I'm ex-Qun; what I know about Tevinter could fit in this mug."
She holds it up for emphasis.
"So tell me what you saw in Minrathous. Were the people happy? Scared? What kind of people did you see? How easy was it to get in and out?"
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Date: 2019-10-01 02:56 am (UTC)...But what choice does she have? Jones isn't like the kid in the cage, desperate for scraps. What she's staring down is resolve, not terror. You can only win over resolve by working with it, and Eshal has no clue what Jones' goals are, or if she even has any.
When push comes to shove, Eshal defaults to her favorite tactic: scouring honesty.
"I'm gonna be flat with you," the term in Trade is be straight, but whatever. "I have... maybe two thirds of three plans. All of them need more information to move forward. I'm ex-Qun; what I know about Tevinter could fit in this mug."
She holds it up for emphasis.
"So tell me what you saw in Minrathous. Were the people happy? Scared? What kind of people did you see? How easy was it to get in and out?"