Ah—yes. That has crossed my mind. The convincing part I doubt. [ mostly because he alerted Dorian as part of his debt. it wasn't everything, just like it isn't everything now. Loki had a knack for lying by omission. it remained true that even though it was worthless, Dorian did help them get in. they just found ... something they weren't looking for. ]

As soon as they figure out what's amiss, they can easily slide out from between us and them. It is a rather long trek between Redgate and Caer Glaem.

The goading bit depends on how tenacious these unmanned shard Gundams are in their pursuit of ... well, us, I'd suppose. I'm not yet savvy enough to create fake shard signatures. [ alas. that would be useful. ]