Kett Collier
Human Shadow Monk/Rogue
AC: 19 HP: 59/59
PP: 19 PIv: 13 PIs: 13
Conditions: Darkvision (8 hours remaining), 6/6 Ki Remaining
Concentrating: --

Kett's breath catches as the decision, apparently, falls to her. Time slows, and the room seems to fall away from her as she's threading her thought needle down the tapestry of eventualities. What if using it somehow 'pinged' to V? What if it affected Arano, pushed some of the hate embedded into its conjuring into him? Losing him to death would be crushing, but losing who he was - her loving, serious-but-not-too-serious, devoted, understanding husband - that might even be worse, and the decision came down to her. His blood and mind on her hands. Could she ever face Lia again if she, through her own lack of preparations and eagerness to see the matter done, robbed Lia's father from her?

She takes a deep breath, centering herself, for a moment she runs through a practice set in her mind. "No." It was a difficult decision, and one that would probably earn her no friends. "Kasimir's journal mentions that 'V' had no shadowmark, we can't use it to find her, whoever she is, and if it is roiling with hatred pressed into its pages then perhaps its construction is...dangerous to those with the mark who try to use it. A failsafe, should it fall out of V's ownership, so to speak." She wouldn't have thought of it at first, certainly unlikely if she'd been behind the artifact, but here, now, with Arano potentially at stake, she was branching out beyond her usual. "There's likely at least a dozen shadowmarked in the city, not counting present company, chasing down those leads could bring us additional unwanted attention from those somehow still not involved." She looks to her husband and smiles. It was easier now that she'd started talking. Things made sense.

The fighter didn't totally want to shut the matter down, but she could set a condition they could likely not meet. She slides closer to her husband, breathing in his presence for support, then addresses Drake and Arimart directly: "Assure me that no harm will come to Arano through his use of the Codex, and I could agree to a single activation to see if it reveals any secrets to its destruction." And if, or when, they failed to satisfy the condition, then she'd float the alternative option: Removing it from the city.