[ During Julius's response, Marcus had set to tending to his food. Neat but not overly mannerly, eating with his hands and pieces of crusty bread, elbows set against the edge of the table. ]

Because the politics and motivations of the mage heading the project that relates most directly to the downfall of Corypheus, Maker willing, is interesting.

And it might, at some point in the future, go remarked upon.

[ Then he smiles, a little crooked, as if finding himself amusing. ]

But please, I truly did invite you to dinner. I've no intention of interrogation.