"I hope not," he said to Duncan. He wasn't entirely sure himself. He didn't entirely trust the X-DAV employee. "...but it isn't my place to question the decisions of guild leaders. Either of them."

He looked down to Jordan, and let her go, almost gently. "Ending the siege won't work if the Spenta or the Ahura are missing. Of course they have to go together."

Nadir looked around, shifting to take in more of the scene with his left eye. "...I have to deal with the body in the kitchen," he said, almost as a means to distract himself, and he walked back to the kitchen.