"Depends on what you mean by threaten. Depends on what they're going to ask you to do. But these people, if you displease them, have powers over us we can do nothing about. They wouldn't last five minutes in their own arenas, most of them, but they're dangerous all the same. To tie yourself to one is to be vulnerable to his whim. Not to mention that it's a pain in the ass."

He shrugs.

"These are all things that ought to be considered, that's all I mean. If you're going to try and help here, the decision ought to be well thought out. Mayhap my answers aren't objective, either. I have, after all, decided that what help these people want, they'll have to find for themselves." It's the first time he's said that out loud and it makes his frown deepen, makes his look go distant for a moment, but he doesn't shy away from saying it. He probably ought to have said it, at least to himself, much earlier. "May be best to ask others, too, decide this based on all the information you can find. Have you? I expect some would have given you truer answers than others."