Matt reached up and rubbed his still masked face as he glanced between Liz and Emmanuel. “They’re getting the full truth? I half-expected you to keep them in the dark.”
Emmanuel snorted, “Despite our disagreements on the exact direction the Empire should move in, I chose them as my Kings and Queens because I do trust them. They want what’s best for the Empire as much as I do. To best act on that, they need to be kept apprised of important events and developments across said Empire. A part of that is them getting read into any potential Ascenders. Usually, that takes place in the last few months of the tournament, when we’re assigning team managers. But seeing as you already have a manager, there’s nothing stopping us from doing that early.”
Mat and Liz shared a glance. It wasn’t going to
