[ There is a reason they both -- Charles and Remus -- likely went there, and Charles is disinclined to put it all on their respective paranoias when the common denominator is Maria herself. Still, lacking the desire to bang on about what the agent could have meant or did not mean, he listens.

Accepts intention as stated, now. ]

And when asked by someone who will never need my help in the ways we're discussing, I'm inclined to ask who's asking, and why.

[ His tone has loosened, and he offers the beginning of a crooked smile. ]

But I suppose it's better than never asking at all. I didn't mean any offence in hoping your organisation would be redundant, in this world or the next. I just believe in empowering people like me to help themselves, in some respects, rather than becoming a problem.