He flashes Ianto a smug smile for a second before refocusing. Okay, so, probably levelling Olympia.
"Apparently some of the more radical sorts believe Shanrian himself is some sort of agent for Olympia. I'm guessing this peace process proves that to them, that he's a traitor who doesn't have Olympia's best interests at hearts. You know, selling out, betrayal, all that good stuff."
John drums his fingers on the table for a long second. Which means if this ritual goes ahead it's definitely a bad time. Which means, also, they might need to assume even if it doesn't that something equally bad would come soon after. People who want war this badly, and are willing to do this much damage, rarely back down at a first loss.
"What this tells me is that we should get a move on and find out where they went."
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"Apparently some of the more radical sorts believe Shanrian himself is some sort of agent for Olympia. I'm guessing this peace process proves that to them, that he's a traitor who doesn't have Olympia's best interests at hearts. You know, selling out, betrayal, all that good stuff."
John drums his fingers on the table for a long second. Which means if this ritual goes ahead it's definitely a bad time. Which means, also, they might need to assume even if it doesn't that something equally bad would come soon after. People who want war this badly, and are willing to do this much damage, rarely back down at a first loss.
"What this tells me is that we should get a move on and find out where they went."
You know, before anything is levelled.