Huaisang isn't going to tell him he can't leave, though he doesn't think he will. He also knows that his request isn't particularly plausible. It's honest, however. Doul may or may not want revenge for being sent to his death, but Huaisang wants revenge.
"I'd rather you stayed. But, as you understand, I'm in a very dangerous position at the moment. The defenses of my province have been breached. I have the fortress of Qinghe, nigh impregnable, but we can only last so long under siege, and our supplies have already been drained by the war. If you want more time in the library, I need a path to survival, if not victory. So. You know the battlefield. Advise me."
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Huaisang isn't going to tell him he can't leave, though he doesn't think he will. He also knows that his request isn't particularly plausible. It's honest, however. Doul may or may not want revenge for being sent to his death, but Huaisang wants revenge.
"I'd rather you stayed. But, as you understand, I'm in a very dangerous position at the moment. The defenses of my province have been breached. I have the fortress of Qinghe, nigh impregnable, but we can only last so long under siege, and our supplies have already been drained by the war. If you want more time in the library, I need a path to survival, if not victory. So. You know the battlefield. Advise me."