[ Lady Fayura also brought the Inner Circle into the psychic threads she weaved with the Strangers. Verim has little intention of responding except where he feels it might aid the Lady. ]

Because assessing intention is important and because Blood males can be - [ Verim pauses. ] - hot-tempered when one under their protection is harmed. Keeping the young man safe for the time being ensures that his side can be heard.

He is deserving, at the very least, of explaining the circumstances to the Queen. However, Lady Fayura has explained the difficulties of the situation in this case.