Duchess Salvatore could make it happen. She said it was okay now that she’s on my side. But if I hadn’t been able to convince her to help me, or....

[She doesn’t really want to say out loud that she’s not sure what would happen if it was a member of the imperial family, as she’s holding on to the duchess’s reassurance that there wasn’t anything to worry about when it came to the marquess taking her to court. (Even if the corrupt duke is neither a marquess nor a real person, Leslie is projecting so hard on this hypothetical that she might as well be having an out-of-body experience.)]

...It would depend on what needed to be done to deal with him through subterfuge. If it would kill his victims, or some people who weren’t involved at all, I don’t think I could think of doing it.

[The pouch of fae-poisoning iron Hubert toyed with in front of her had a very strong impact on her. She imagined it being spread through the camp indiscriminately, with people she still didn’t know if were all responsible for what, and her assumption was still haunting her a little.]

But if it’s only the corrupt Duke...he’d be getting off lightly if he was given a quick death.