Jest’s Request

"I… please help me get my brother—no, even some news will do," he said. "I am willing to increase the atonement points I have to carry out." 

"I'm not sure you have enough to offer to mobilize our resources," Althea said. Her tone was not dismissive at all, simply stating facts from someone who supposedly was just an 'employee'.

"I… I wasn't a slave in Basset Town," he said. He already said this during the inquisition. "I wasn't bound by oath—I was born there, there should be information you'd find useful, right?" 

He was not a slave in either territory and wasn't required to take oaths there so he could tell as much as needed. 

Althea looked at him. She hadn't had the chance to read the reports yet so they hadn't begun any 'follow up' interviews and interrogations just yet. This was basically just doing it in advance.

Seeing as Althea was ready to listen (while being fed by her daughter), Ansel took out a Voice Blocker and activated it.