Given that I cannot precisely ask those who might have the whole of the reasons why, I can but speculate. Likewise, on why those in Thorne might have chosen as they did.

[Which he most certainly cannot say he approves of. But they have made their bed and now they must lie in it - even if their more recent Summoned may not be aware of how they had treated the first few sets.]

However, if one wished to earn a measure of trust from a people who had been... displaced, be it by choice or otherwise, one could certainly do worse than offer to your aid to the individuals in question. Moreover, it could be potentially advantageous to make common cause with those who might be - shall we say - disinclined to trust a government with whom you may not have the best of relations with.

[As he himself as occasionally done, if not terribly recently. Still, that is something that bears no real relevance to the situation and so he leaves it aside in favor of the other topics at hand]

I took part, yes. I cannot claim to have a particular loyalty to Solvunn, but surely it is better to know something of those who might pledge themselves to the other city-states?

[A pause and then:]

And I cannot deny having had some small desire to see Thorne's intentions foiled at least a little.