Honesty. He lets out a little snort at that. He can't help it -- she has to know that his motivations for joining himself are less than admirable. Certainly not the same motivations as others who have joined with him. Then again, they are not the motivations of those who would have joined in his stead. And that, in the end, is why he had volunteered himself forth.

Faolan waits for a long moment, staring down into his tea and debating his answer before he finally responds, "I decided to join you because there was noise from within my faction that certain parties would like a Hillingdon Guardian at last. I volunteered myself forward to make certain I knew that I could trust who that person was. Trust that they wouldn't..." He trails off, shrugging slightly, but he's certain that she catches his drift. Hillingdon may keep itself to itself, but no doubt the unrest that is growing within it has reached the ears of others on the outside by now.