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It did not take long for Silverlain to get to the point, he began to elaborate on their situation to which Anomander could only listen. It was when he proposed the idea of settling down on Soliaire that Anomander showed any emotion, smiling to himself in the irony. 
Long desensitized to the types of images that accompanied the mission file, Anomander looked upon the details with dead eyes. He was not interested in quashing rebellions, but it served his purpose. The arbiters seemed to be having a particularly difficult time with one Rolf Devran. An Anarchist, as he was so dubbed. The title only displeased Anomander. People claiming to be anarchists simply wanted to rock the boat when they weren't getting things their own way, none truly knew what it meant to cause utter chaos, simply for the sake of doing so. His eyes passed over many pictures of maps, individuals and riots. As Silverlain explained the involvement of a priest Anomander immediately thought to have the situation evaluated. 
Although it was wrong to actually call the Emperor a god, many believed him so. As such religious cults would often rise to the defense of their would-be savior. Religion, as Anomander saw it, was simply a way to control people. There were beings powerful enough to be considered gods in the galaxy, Anomander had seen proof of that, however to believe said beings had anything other than selfish intentions was foolhardy. 

The presentation continued as planned, but roughly halfway through Silverlain caught Anomanders attention. 'Unharmed'. This man who had started a revolution, whom had acted against the rule of Marximus himself and had struck blows against the Arbites, was to be spared? Shuffling slightly in his seat Anomanders mind began to play with the various reasons that could unravel the governments intent. He must be worth something to them? Was he previously a man of note? did he have something in his possession? Or could it even be a matter of family? Anomander found an equilibrium in these situations, he hated not knowing what was really going on, but he coequally enjoyed the chance of discovering hidden knowledge. 
The emphasis Silverlain put on not harming Devran gave Anomander another problem. If things got heated and a fight ensued, Anomander might not be under complete control of his actions. He couldn't guarantee that Devran would be spared his unavoidably wild powers. He relented that he would have to take a back seat on this occasion, at least as far as Devran himself was considered, if the pictures were anything to go by there would be apt opportunity to deal with the cultists under his regime.

As the questions and answers proceeded Anomander resumed his distant stare at the boards of information. This assignment seemed relatively mundane but something about it, particularly about this Devran, unnerved Anomander. As if he had to prepare himself, Anomander assumed that something would present itself during this task, something that would bring to light the true nature of Silverlain and the man he called his governor.[/I]