[now, that's a question to give them pause if they've ever heard one. it's not something they've had the presence of mind to think about much, and they try to put together what they've experienced so far—which isn't much, but it's something important to think on because of how limited it is.]

I think the Alliance is looking for information. I think the Daitengu knows the importance of knowing the right things about the right people, and I think it's really easy for them to use people like us as agents to get that information. The only thing that I worry about even a little is that... I don't know what they're planning to do with all the information.

[they want to be charitable in their assessment. this is their boss, and the daitengu seems pleasant enough to work under. but they're not foolish, either.]

In the best case scenario, they just want to collect it to have it, like a bird with a nest full of shiny things. But that's what everyone who collects information says they're doing.