"I am simply asking that whatever I share in conversation at this table not be repeated in any shape or form outside of any agreement that might be made to settle matters with your cousins. There may be some interesting information or there may not be. You are not obligated in any shape or form outside of that, nor would such a thing invest you in my future. I would like to trust you because of your candor. I don't trust you because of what we are." Tilting his hand, "Lies on the other hand... they are a cumulatively expensive thing. You can send me a vague text to solidify your commitment to that discretion." Just because the Herald had refrained from using his authority to any real extent thus far didn't mean that he wouldn't come down on the Priscus if he did something as silly as try and snake out of a boon he promised.
"Garcia, aggressive?" A faux scoff, "That is not like him at all." Cracking a grin, "Jokes aside, I admire his boldness most of the time."