Pal being a weenie over Dulcinea was clear from the moment he held her and dabbed her forehead while she was glaring daggers at Natsuno. He's too in love to see her for what she is. The tiny bone necromancer, on the other hand...
"The way she looked at me when I said her cavalier's dead, and pointed out she interfered twice. If someone falsely accused you, you'd be outraged and defend yourself, right? But she looked threatening. The kind of look you give someone to shut them up. Also, she never explained why she sent her cavalier to hit the Eight - the Master Warden just assumed it."
He looks from Harrow to Master Warden in question.
"I told you the truth about how I knew about the key, just like I told you the truth about getting here on accident. I don't know about anyone's motives - all I know is that people were murdered and Dulcinea Septimus acted suspicious."
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"The way she looked at me when I said her cavalier's dead, and pointed out she interfered twice. If someone falsely accused you, you'd be outraged and defend yourself, right? But she looked threatening. The kind of look you give someone to shut them up. Also, she never explained why she sent her cavalier to hit the Eight - the Master Warden just assumed it."
He looks from Harrow to Master Warden in question.
"I told you the truth about how I knew about the key, just like I told you the truth about getting here on accident. I don't know about anyone's motives - all I know is that people were murdered and Dulcinea Septimus acted suspicious."