"The Iudex has never expressed any dissatisfaction with my methods, though we don't get a lot of face time." Wriothesley's very good at avoiding meetings when he wants to be, and he doesn't see that he and the Iudex have much to talk about. "He's not really aware of how many recruits I send to Snezhnaya, though - nobody's tracking prisoners once they reach Meropide. The administration of their sentences and their release is entirely in my hands."

He considers. "Actually, that might be something to consider updating. Social supports for ex-convicts are incredibly lacking, that's one reason it's so easy for me to recruit for the Fatui. A lot of those who are sent down into Meropide don't have anything to look forward to after. I offer them a steady job and a purpose and they're mine in a snap. Fontaine's welfare organizations could use a serious overhaul in general, but that might be a place to start, if things in our world are similar."