[He's increasingly convinced that Jaskier has the dynamic between him and Solvunn all wrong - he might even object more vehemently if it weren't for the fact that Jaskier is clearly going through something here. He doesn't really understand what exactly, but the frantic pacing and theories that amount to wild conspiracy in his mind give the impression of great stress.
It's understandable, considering. Estinien himself can't stand being helpless - which is part of what has driven him to take action.]
Have you truly never worked alongside an uneasy ally before? One you could not fully trust but with whom you shared an important goal? Or one with whom you shared a mutual enemy?
[He thinks of Iceheart. Though he'd been willing to collaborate with her at the Warrior of Light's behest, but he had been persistently aware that she may just try to kill them during the first leg of their quest. 'Trust' was not the word he would have used.]
I can assure you that Solvunn has done very little to ingratiate itself to me, let alone has it dug in any 'claws'. If anything, I've felt that their unwillingness to appeal to their conscript's sensibilities is downright suicidal - the people here are entirely convinced of their gods' will, and that everyone who is meant to serve their nation will find their way in the end, by destiny alone if naught else.
I spoke to their council, and within that context I was the one pushing for action - and yet, they denied me. An odd choice, were they looking explicitly for pawns... to deny one directly asking for them to make use of him.
[Estinien shakes his head, seemingly a bit more confident as he speaks. He shakes his head.]
Nay... my investment in Solvunn's plans has little to do with the nation itself, and only that their goals lie closest to the actions I would take of mine own volution. Do you truly think me incapable of employing discretion? To having thoughts beyond what are supplied by someone else?
[He doesn't sound as offended as he could have - he just truly doesn't understand why Jaskier seems to think so little of him intellectually. To assume that cooperation means blind trust, to assume that Estinien taking a stance must be as a result of some machinations on Solvunn's part, to assume that he is helpless to be anything but a pawn. He'd genuinely thought that Jaskier respected him... he'd really like to be somehow misunderstanding.]
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It's understandable, considering. Estinien himself can't stand being helpless - which is part of what has driven him to take action.]
Have you truly never worked alongside an uneasy ally before? One you could not fully trust but with whom you shared an important goal? Or one with whom you shared a mutual enemy?
[He thinks of Iceheart. Though he'd been willing to collaborate with her at the Warrior of Light's behest, but he had been persistently aware that she may just try to kill them during the first leg of their quest. 'Trust' was not the word he would have used.]
I can assure you that Solvunn has done very little to ingratiate itself to me, let alone has it dug in any 'claws'. If anything, I've felt that their unwillingness to appeal to their conscript's sensibilities is downright suicidal - the people here are entirely convinced of their gods' will, and that everyone who is meant to serve their nation will find their way in the end, by destiny alone if naught else.
I spoke to their council, and within that context I was the one pushing for action - and yet, they denied me. An odd choice, were they looking explicitly for pawns... to deny one directly asking for them to make use of him.
[Estinien shakes his head, seemingly a bit more confident as he speaks. He shakes his head.]
Nay... my investment in Solvunn's plans has little to do with the nation itself, and only that their goals lie closest to the actions I would take of mine own volution. Do you truly think me incapable of employing discretion? To having thoughts beyond what are supplied by someone else?
[He doesn't sound as offended as he could have - he just truly doesn't understand why Jaskier seems to think so little of him intellectually. To assume that cooperation means blind trust, to assume that Estinien taking a stance must be as a result of some machinations on Solvunn's part, to assume that he is helpless to be anything but a pawn. He'd genuinely thought that Jaskier respected him... he'd really like to be somehow misunderstanding.]