I would say the opposite, targeting Velvet Hills means she isn't serious about it because he is the low hanging fruit, of course Velvet Covers would want to kill him, and it would be easy to bring herself to eat him, to prove her seriousness she would do it with someone less personal.
Having Velvet go for some random criminal is impersonal, just another + to statistics.
That is probably the best argument for eating Hills that I read, honestly. Morality and practicality has nothing to do with it, we just hate that guy. Fuck Velvet Hills (
I still think the "right way to do the wrong thing" would be an unconnected criminal, but Velvet Hill is PROBABLY less bad way than Spoiled at least.
Hmm.... Ah! Ha! Perfect. Doubtful it is true, but the idea is hilarious to me all the same.
Ah, but going to Tall Tale will be but a fleeting advantage. Once our Bureau is learned enough in the Lores, there is nothing that will be able to hide from their eyes, and the faster we introduce the Lores the faster our Bureau can exploit the hell out of things like Influences and the Swiss army knife of gathering information called the Reflection of the Tapestry.
I don't think it balances out. It's one manuscript, and one lore introduced.
Yes. Ive been lining things up for this narrative for a while now.
Yes. Which is twice as fast as our passive introduction rate! That single manuscript could be the difference between having a functional cadre and Bureau capable of performing rituals and us still not having any functional ritual infrastructure by the end of next turn, seeing as our 'cult' development within the Bureau directly relates to how many Lores have been introduced.
Maybe if we get the Bureau to Forge 3. That's when infrastructure bonuses are supposed to kick in after all.
Excuse me, what monopoly?