Hearing Minerva's breathless explanation, Arastine can only smile faintly.
She really thinks she can get me killed that way...? Heh. Not likely. No chance Marla would kill so many of her own experienced troops, not after we've done so much for her. And that's if she believes Beth about the conspiracy. If she's favored by Toxin, the reason's us, and she knows it. She won't act without evidence, and Beth has none to give.
In fact, the evidence may well be against Beth. After all, the first Amanda or Marla are hearing of a conspiracy is perfectly timed to be an attempt at revenge for what I did to Beth.
In short? Not much of a concern.
...Ah, and I might give Amanda a little push towards secrecy if I can. If she's told Marla already, there's nothing I can do, but if she hasn't yet, I'll let her know that if Marla believes her, it's likely she'll be... At best, demoted, I suppose. I can't imagine Marla will be happy if she learns about such a large rebellion under her.
"Thank you Minerva, that's good to know. You're a nice, helpful girl~."
She smiles and pats Minerva's head gently. Minerva chirps happily.
However this ends up, she has no intent of letting certain comrades of hers come to harm, and Minerva's at the top of the list of protectees.
If this was someone like Cernya, she might attack or run. But Arastine hasn't lasted to 49 without learning some tricks, and deception is one of them.
Also, she won't do anything else to Beth for now. She'll just act like she's never heard of any of this if/when Marla comes calling.
