[He can't really give an endorsement. Not over the lockets. Not where the monarchs could hear him. He has to play the right part and keep things under wraps. Next time he sees her they can talk but for now he has to be careful.]

The risks of associating with our enemies? [...maybe he can't give an endorsement, but he can tell her stories.] At the last audience, Reul sort of punished anybody who was caught associating with the Seelie. He ripped one girl's soul from her body and made her like a ghost. He beheaded somebody else for the same reason. [And then, casually:] Morla also threatened to rip out my shard for the same thing. The more you do, the higher the threat of punishment is. The monarchs see it as a threat to our side if we have associates on the Seelie side. Like I said, there're also those on our side that'll turn you in just for treason.

...that's not even counting the risks from the Seelie themselves. They have the same objective we do which is to take as many opposing shards as possible to help reach their goal. You've just really gotta know how much you trust people. But that's a risk no matter who you talk to around here. Does...that make sense?