"So, should you be offered a place here, you would declare your loyalty to the Mons Electi council and deem it higher than that to your House?" Tranquillina asks directly; her manner is Socratic rather than confrontational, but Rose senses that she is serious about desiring an answer. "Even if you receive orders from she who holds your sigil that would contradict service you had promised to your covenant?"
The two magae complete their traversal of the impressive stone bridge and walk along a short path to the main entrance of the mansion; Rose feels the charged air of an Aegis once again. Tranquillina opens one of the first doors they come to, leading to a beautifully decorated sitting room in which a servant is diligently dusting. "Choiniere," Tranquillina says in French, "please let us have the room for a few minutes." The servant curtseys and quickly departs.
((Note from player to player: Tranquillina is about to ask about events that happened earlier in this saga ... don't worry, this is about exposition, not trapping you or anything. Feel free to seek info from Jonathan, or even me for that matter.))
"Now then, Rose," she articulates, returning to Latin, "here where I am sure there is nobody scrying on us. Tell me more about this Soldier's Hearth you are able to cast - and remember, I was under the influence of one, four years ago. Do you know a formulaic spell to that end, or did you create the effect spontaneously?"
"And, perhaps most importantly: what has Maris told you about the dangers we have faced, and continue to face, at Mons Electi?"