- I know a way to protect the lives of innocents from the outrages of Despair, but if you think I'm wrong, then...
The stranger, with unnatural slowness, begins to leave.
A second later, as if after some deliberation, a hand in plate armor appears from behind the wall and waves at the man, saying "wait, wait," and then the face appears, or rather, half of the face.
-- Wait, sir. "Despair"? It sounds vaguely familiar. It seems you're talking about something quite physical, not just a sad mood. But why didn't you come through the main entrance? We don't have secrets from each other in our squad, and there's a bell hanging on the gate.
In essence, a lot depended on the answer to this question.