The woman met his gaze with a faint smirk, her expression unflinching. "Oh, but wouldn't that ruin the mystery?" she replied playfully, though a glimmer of something sharper lingered in her eyes.
Linsley didn't react to her tone, though he noted the calculating intelligence behind her lively demeanor.
She was holding back, and while she might seem carefree, the awareness she'd shown about the Outer Gods and the virus was too precise to ignore. Whatever her intentions, she was more than just a bystander in this outbreak.
It was clear to Linsley that she had no intention of revealing her secrets easily. He wasn't the type to play along with these games for long—his patience had its limits. Even if he couldn't fully gauge the scope of her power, it hardly mattered.
He had all the retries he needed, and his objective was clear: he would uncover the truth behind the Diviner World's secrets, one way or another.