Talk:A Parting Gift/@comment-69.132.85.5-20151001204304/@comment-3410662-20160227000034

I don't think that's what's meant. Mason is a bit of a shady character, but he's in service to an organization with a vested interest in crippling Salvation, and one that is opposed to the Dragon. Moreover, he has enough influence with the Faith to stay in an abbey, and to recommend Quina to the Cathedral. He's almost certainly involved with the Faith, and may even be some sort of inquisitor.