[ He watches Byerly's reaction, because it never occurred to Nash to declare himself the High Priest of Harmonia, partly because that is really, really not how it works, but also because he cares more about protecting people, in the abstract, more than he cares about protecting Harmonians. He did make his favorite bargain with the Nysans: he'd go along with their terms and conditions, if they save his sister. ]

The usual way a father controls a daughter, I would think. I only learned to be disobedient later. He was right though— I do lack the stomach for politics.

[ All those killing school lessons for nothing. ]