"You - or at least, the Neuvillette I know - threw a child into prison and then sent the people who most wanted him dead in after him," Brighella answers coolly. "If your Wriothesley doesn't resent you for that, I'll freely admit that he's a better man than I am." He could throw a lot more into Neuvillette's face, but he's not going to, even if it might make him have a reaction. The man is always so damned cool-headed.

"Oh, I never thought you'd actually tell me where the Gnosis is, so there's nothing to forgive. Besides, that line of questioning's more of a sideline for me - the Knave was the one tasked with retrieving it. I'd just find it amusing to get there first." Beating Arlecchino would be so satisfying, but apparently not in the cards today. "I can't imagine the Archon surviving the transfer of power and the destruction of her Throne. She martyred herself for you and Fontaine?" Because that sounds like a eulogy.