Hostages are common. [His voice is soft. If one weren't studying his face they wouldn't see the exhaustion painted on it.]

It is their objective to stop the game. They don't always agree with the master. [He hadn't. He had desperately searched for another way.]

They've privy to more but not that much more. It might be insurance. It might be to keep Fav from realizing they are moving to stop them. It never ends well.