( He doesn't really mind if people see him as heartless... But he figures Oria is saying it because he considers it important, so he gets a look of acknowledgment, at least. )
... Is this why your father never mentioned my affiliation, despite his investment?
( To keep from seeming heartless, to mind his image within the family, or whatever else? Mithrun vaguely recalls there's a nuance to social politics, but only vaguely.
So, sure, it's not like they sat down and had a cup of coffee about the Sarabi thing or anything, but he can't imagine someone so clever would be willing to invest in a researcher he hadn't found ways to look into, and it's not like a researcher like Morgan would take money from any hand that offered it - and he most certainly would not be not blithely ignorant to the Severine's particularly anti-Sarabi stance. Not when he was such a busybody, back then. )
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... Is this why your father never mentioned my affiliation, despite his investment?
( To keep from seeming heartless, to mind his image within the family, or whatever else? Mithrun vaguely recalls there's a nuance to social politics, but only vaguely.
So, sure, it's not like they sat down and had a cup of coffee about the Sarabi thing or anything, but he can't imagine someone so clever would be willing to invest in a researcher he hadn't found ways to look into, and it's not like a researcher like Morgan would take money from any hand that offered it - and he most certainly would not be not blithely ignorant to the Severine's particularly anti-Sarabi stance. Not when he was such a busybody, back then. )