You know what i think is very interesting about Trey Clover?
There have been multiple occasions where characters (specifically housewardens) clock trey as… a manipulative/schemey kind of person?
Like, in book 7, leona and idia talk about how Trey and cater managed to survive both riddle AND the previous housearden (what was apparently really bad in the opposite direction as riddle.)
And in the Nightmare event, when Trey tries to midigate between leona and malleus, they’re like: hey, pick a side dude, because being wishy washy is getting on our nerves. Like, we know what you’re trying to do.
And we haven’t really been given any indication (or at least Trey hasn’t admitted) whether or not it’s true yet, BUT-!
Remember the famouse tart scene from book 1?
How is it that trey, who has not only managed to dodge being collared by riddle for over a year, but is also the BAKER of the house and thus should know the rules in regards to his goods, especially since it doesn’t seem like he has made this mistake anytime previously, manage to make the one (1) pie that is against the rules?
It’s not as if it was the easiest pie to do (clearly, considering the effort we put in) so why chestnut?
Idk, that pie being an accident is just not really believable, imo.
I think he was testing the waters to see how far gone riddle was. I mean, by using that methos, he could gage the situation without stepping in harms way, and it would stand to reason that he might have used this method with the previous houswarden as well to stay out of the chaos but still understand it.
And it lines up with what the house wardens are clocking about Trey being… manipulative sounds so cruel, an oppurtunist, maybe?
And remember, trey got into NRC for a reason, not rsa, and he’s not case like kalim, where he could have bought entrance.
I don’t know for sure, but if this is all true, i think it would make Trey much more interesting of a character.
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