Though to be fair Quintus operates at a certain level of baseline paranoia constantly, which rests at a few ticks higher on principle when dealing with offworlders. He does think without doubt that Sigma has his own agenda, what with his willingness to sell out the Initiate, but how much of that agenda is personal and how much is in the service of some greater interest remains an open question to him. He absolutely suspects that Sigma had a hand in the Arena breach, but in the absence of evidence it's more of a hunch than anything.
It is worth noting that competence is something that Quintus appreciates a lot (because he encounters it so rarely, lol) and so even though he is really side-eyeing Sigma at the moment, there is some professional respect there. Quintus does what he has to do, but as far as he's concerned, if Sigma can stay in line he'd rather have people like him around than replaced with someone dysfunctional.
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Though to be fair Quintus operates at a certain level of baseline paranoia constantly, which rests at a few ticks higher on principle when dealing with offworlders. He does think without doubt that Sigma has his own agenda, what with his willingness to sell out the Initiate, but how much of that agenda is personal and how much is in the service of some greater interest remains an open question to him. He absolutely suspects that Sigma had a hand in the Arena breach, but in the absence of evidence it's more of a hunch than anything.
It is worth noting that competence is something that Quintus appreciates a lot (because he encounters it so rarely, lol) and so even though he is really side-eyeing Sigma at the moment, there is some professional respect there. Quintus does what he has to do, but as far as he's concerned, if Sigma can stay in line he'd rather have people like him around than replaced with someone dysfunctional.