Certainly. I would not expect him to. The information is out there to be found, and I think he expects me to find at least some of it.

I think that is part of our mission, yes. I do not believe he would have told me that it was important if we were not meant to. As to the internal conflicts, I got the impression that they were just as important as the external one.

They did not want Hermit out of the game, but for some reason, three of the four needed to be or were made to be out. That brings up some interesting questions. Which was the outside influence, and which two were related?