"And would you know the names of these three advisors? Do they just advise the Inquisition or do they advice the royalty? How do they maintain control of," he swallows thickly, "us."

That hurt to say. He almost said 'peasants' but he is anything but a peasant, so this was a less painful manner to put it. He is becoming less confidant about this man talking to him. Because he's not getting the answers he wants.