This confession of his worried her. While Rena herself was in no mood to judge him, no matter how badly Exon himself felt about this, he knew that the other people in the room were having some thoughts and concerns about his presence in the room, or even without some mark on his face. In her eyes, she could understand why he might do that. It made sense. He'd been young, and desperate, and angry with the Temple itself. She couldn't fault this. In fact, before anyone could really respond, Rena held up her hand now, looking away from them.
"I have a confession to make."
Arlius: "Rena, this is hardly the time for-"
"Except that Exon has already, and I can't let that stand alone, waiting for disapproval. If you're going to judge him, you're going to judge me, as well. I've lost family, myself. My mother, my father, and my uncle... When I was young and in training, I spent my extra time looking into ways to bring them back from the dead. And I mean really bring them back. True resurrection of all life faculties."
Aaand that would immediately divert all the stares to her. That was...even if she didn't men necromancy, that was completely and utterly forbidden! It was a complete taboo, without question!
"I didn't actually do anything, because I was a kid and I was in a bad way, and also because it's completely impossible."
Maeger: "I'll say! The goddess wouldn't allow such an affront."
"The point is that I wanted to, badly, and you can all understand why. No matter what we think of death, we still don't want our loved one ripped from us without warning. Don't judge too harshly."
That seemed to have an effect. They didn't want to really give Rena, who was there to help them, trouble right now about something that happened in her youth. Perhaps it was also not wise to worry about Exon's own youthful indescretions. They had bigger problems, right now.
Kavra: "...maybe we all have a bit much on our minds, at the moment. Can we stick to the matter at hand and focus on that?"
"I'd like to. So, the point of all this was that a thief could get in, maybe a good thief. Hell, maybe even a great thief."
Kavra: "That part actually bothers me, a little. If it were Maxton, he still knows nothing about it, but I'm sure he's smart enough to know that you can't just tell a thief to 'look for something'. You need something to go on, first. A clue."
"Maybe. I kinda' had a thought. He's waited a long time, hasn't he? If he's smart, he's been waiting for the right sort of person to come along, either someone he could find on Thanatos, or..."
Arlius: "A foreign agent, in my office? Even a desperate youth wouldn't hire a...oh dear."
Here he was, saying Maxton wouldn't hire out to a foreigner if he couldn't find someone whom he could guarantee success...and they were hoping that Rena could help them. They'd jumped that particular shark years ago, with Zan.
"It's possible that he just asked someone of Thanatos, but if he wanted results AND to be able to turn on a foreign thief because he's foreign and untrustworthy, that would work even better."