There is a group working to discover the creature's weaknesses and has been since the Emperor first mentioned it to me. You weren't told because I told those in that group that I'd kill them if they let just anyone know. [ Just gonna be real about it ] If you've been here long enough to be acquianted with at least half the foreigner population, I'd hope it'd be obvious why.

[ Because they're loud, reckless, entitled idiots and he's not about to let his one chance at getting home be screwed over by someone who thinks running head first into everything is the way to get things done. There's a snort and an eyeroll for the tactic, but, well, the reasoning make sense. Even if it makes Iorveth's life infinitely harder. ]

Plough the rabble. There's a reason they aren't told of important details until they need to be. [ And given that they actually have something that might be able to save them, he's sure as hell not releasing that until he knows exactly what it is and how it will work. Then they can do their part to help, but he doesn't need every idiot in Keeliai trampling in his way to figure out the last pieces of it. ] Why should I let you in when I haven't told your friend, the Captain?