Maillol experiences a rare bit of theological uncertainty, which he'd maybe be able to resolve faster if his mind were working faster; he's not sure if that's supposed to be contemptible of Sevar, for not figuring some way out, or if that makes her a true and heroic servant of Asmodeus who knew the sacrifice she had to make.

"I'll file a request to get you a copy," he says wearily.  He can't actually afford to offend Sevar, she picked up some of his own backlog earlier.  "You can also write the request and I'll sign it, if you want it to go out earlier."

This is Inner-Ring-speak for I acknowledge you did some of my work earlier, you get to exercise some of my power, under my supervision of course, to encourage you to go on doing it.  Dangerous sort of thing to indicate, in the Inner Ring; but it would, in fact, at least for today, be helpful to make more use of Sevar.  If she can decode the message at all.

Maillol experiences a rare bit of theological uncertainty, which he'd maybe be able to resolve faster if his mind were working faster; he's not sure if that's supposed to be contemptible of Sevar, for not figuring some way out, or if that makes her a true and heroic servant of Asmodeus who knew the sacrifice she had to make.

"I'll file a request to get you a copy," he says wearily.  He can't actually afford to offend Sevar, she picked up some of his own backlog earlier.  "You can also write the request and I'll sign it, if you want it to go out earlier."

This is Inner-Ring-speak for I acknowledge you did some of my work earlier, you get to exercise some of my power, under my supervision of course, to encourage you to go on doing it.  Dangerous sort of thing to indicate, in the Inner Ring; but it would, in fact, at least for now, be helpful to make more use of Sevar.  If she can decode the message at all.