"Have you ever wondered why politics is so a nest of vultures?" He asked, frowning. "Victor, as I understand it, makes his fair share of decisions on his own either way." And barely made comment about what those choices were in turn. At least, however, Zoe had tempered his self-reliance. Or so he had been promised by those who had more dealings with the man. "And Julien? Would you send him?"

As for what exactly their contact was, he frowned a little. "All Jordan has passed on was that he was talking. What he could be saying, I do not know."