<Good,> he says approvingly, canting his ears again. They are more mobile than human ears, if less so than the deer ones they resemble. <Anyone can react, but a leader should be capable of questioning, thinking, choosing when and how to act, inasmuch as is possible. You have a point about questioning their story.>

Is Alloran angry? He probably should be. At one point he would have been. What he feels, though, is so much closer to a weary cynicism. He is once again a useful creature.