Clearly, he has underestimated such things. Neuvillette, at least, doesn't entirely disguise his grimace. "My focus of late has been towards children's welfare," he says. "Given that your counterpart has made some quite well-thought suggestions on the matter of those who have served their sentences, and permitted those who wish it to remain there indefinitely, it is Fontaine's orphans who have a tendency to be siphoned off by the Fatui. Though I would still prefer them at the House of the Hearth than I would in other situations, at least in this last decade since Arlecchino replaced the previous Knave."

Situations like yours, he doesn't say, but he's sure it will be heard clearly none-the-less. And indeed, the previous Knave is... not a woman he particularly laments.

"There is also the issue of how much housing was destroyed in the flood... Though that may be a solution in itself to the problem of jobs for those leaving the Fortress, at least for a time. There's certainly no shortage of repair work."