Ankyra Sound the oracle told him to beware the ides

Her words were...odd. Not literally, but it felt like an exposure of herself to him — or perhaps he was reading too much into it. Desperate to see the Rise thrive, desperate to offer places to those who deserved it.

And she yearned for sameness.

You could find it easily, if you looked... He trailed off hesitantly. Uncertain if he would be over stepping. Uncertain if he wished to possibly crumble whatever friendship might have been building here with unasked for advice.