[Evading, bending the truth far enough that perhaps even a harpy might be led astray is something Jin Guangyao is willing to chance -- exactly where magic might take it is another matter. A diviner, he's less sure of, and Linden's speciality is duly noted.]

Isn't that going terribly far? Even if it hadn't been out of my hands, it wasn't such a big thing to have done, to help keep you safely out of affairs. And I truly did plan to help uncover the Circle's secrets. [You know. Eventually.] Even if everything spun out of control, there isn't any reason to mistrust my intentions now.

[It's tempting to directly bring the tickle of hypnotic magic to his lips, but even in the mostly empty street, it still seems a bit of a risk. Instead, he hopes the wording, that 'trust' might pull anything lingering back, to let him inside again.]