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The question is, how <span class="mu-i">many</span> teams?
Well ... you heard one of the Tenders mention a crew from 'Tinlance'. Now, you have never heard of 'Tinlance', but you will go out on a limb and assume that it is either a town that the Inquisition has a presence in, or it is one of their holdings. Either way, just from the tone and the way it was mentioned, you have a sinking suspicion that these Tenders are <span class="mu-i">not</span> from Tinlance - so right there, that is one more team, and one more Mitigator. Of course, if this second team or crew had a coach like the team behind you does, then it is possible that there are <span class="mu-i">two</span> more Mitigators, on top of the two from this team in the city. And there was quite a bit of that sentence that you couldn't make out. While you would like to think that the Tender was talking about handing the Mitigators over to the team from Tinlance, it occurs to you that there no reason that he couldn't have been complaining about handing the Mitigators over <span class="mu-i">like</span> the team from Tinlance. If that was the case, then that means there would be at least <span class="mu-s">four</span> Mitigators on the Mount, possibly as many as <span class="mu-s">six</span>.
And that assumes that the Inquisitors stationed on the Mount do not have their own teams of Mitigators and Tenders. That thought is enough to send shivers racing up and down your spine ... though after eight years of living on the Mount, you certainly think that father would have sussed them out somehow. And if he did, then surely he would have told you - if for no other reason then to keep you cautious. Perhaps they don't keep Mitigators stationed in populated areas, just like how they have their Asylums set up in isolated areas. In fact, maybe they station their Mitigators <span class="mu-i">in</span> their Asylums.
Ah, you need to focus on more pertinent information. But ... what else did you hear that was pertinent? Nothing really jumps out at you. Though that might be you not recognizing something as important, instead of nothing being of any importance. So what was there? The Tenders weren't too keen on their Inquisitor - or the Master Abbot ... but you cannot imagine how that is ever going to help you. Uh ...okay, there was one Tender that spoke in defense of the Master Abbot who mentioned something about a Synod, and then 'two votes', 'handing him over' and 'winched'. The way he said it made it seem like the <span class="mu-i">Master Abbot</span> was the one being judged, or rather, almost condemned. And then someone said 'Pyrrhus' which sounds like a name, then something that could have been 'affair'. Is that the Master Abbot's name? Hmm ... could be. Or ... well, maybe not. Assuming that the word was in fact affair, and it was not a romantic affair, but a political one - well, regardless, it typically takes more than one to make an affair. More than that, it seems that his role in it is perceived positively. Still, what does an Inquisitor have to do - or <span class="mu-i">not</span> do - to face death by winching, like some common criminal?
