Fendros tried to hide his disappointment the his confidence in their had been lowered. "Okay...well, as long as they do not sell us our, mislead us..." He shrugged. "...Ambush us, or anything like that, that's fine by me."

Sabine wasn't so convinced. "We can [i]trust[/i] them, can we not?" She asked by way of noting what Colours did not explicitly assure.

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Saras' extra little requests were not unreasonable to Lunise and Maroc. Though the meeting had been tense at first, Maroc maintained his outwardly friendly and accommodating demeanour throughout. The two parties separated after taking their copies of the agreement with them, resolving to meet at the same place at a particular date to finalise the deal. Before then, Maroc and Lunise mentioned that they would leave dead-drops for lycans to pick up at their leisure, containing missives of information on Vile's activities in Skyrim in particular. This much was "good will," according to Maroc.

Maroc's group left under another powerful invisibility spell cast by Lunise. They padded off on a skewed path to a road before they ended the spell and returned to Windhelm.

Though Saras' control of information was adept enough to keep the Blackreach clan well and truly secured, it was not completely clear whether making a deal with the lycans of Tamriel was the sole reason for the united negotiations of both the Dominion and Empire representatives. As much was mentioned by one of Saras' agents present at the meeting. Overall, everyone around Saras was uneasy about the situation. Though the clans at large were not in any more danger than before, they were suspicious of foul play and possibly even Vile's involvement.