But with such tasty bait dangling in front of him, even he was having second thoughts. It wasn't for the sake of the Freuds that he eyed the fortress, but for his own sake. Even if the Syndrans would be able to establish a foothold in the inhospitable Yarmdon territory if they had a fortress like that, so well defended, and so resuppliable, with it being situated so close to the sea. Even under siege, an enemy would need a whole navy to block them out, else they had merely need resupply by boat – he'd seen the mechanisms the fortress had in place to lift up goods all the way from the surface of the sea, without having to leave its walls.