[Estinien scoffs. Laying it on a bit thick, you are.]

Their progress would be to your detriment. And yet you're rewarding them for it.

[Well, as much as cryptic information from you is a reward.]

Or so you say, at any rate. Truly, what do you stand to lose? Even should they prevail, the most you shall have to do is bide your time.

[Even as he says it, the confirmation that the Warrior and Alphinaud are alive and relatively well is heartening. Seeing the boy unconscious, unable to be stirred, was disturbing to him in ways he hadn't predicted.

He might be showing just a bit of that relief on his face.]