I'm surprised - mm, well, no. Knowing Mages, they most likely fear you.

[After all, that was always how prideful people reacted in the face of something they didn't understand. Fear, and hatred. A shame, really - he seems like an intensely pliable sort, and Moriarty is beginning to have the inklings of fondness for his new, strange master.

He nods, though, clearly pleased that Flat has picked up his meaning so well.]

Yes, that is possible...however, there's a much easier, more elegant solution.

[He produces...

..A thin, almost invisible string, glinting silver in the light, seemingly out of nowhere and practically undetectable to most magic senses. Holding it out, he grins.]

Touch this, and you'll see why.

[It is, after all, his 'End of the Spider's Thread' skill - a magical line that allows him to listen in to whatever it's attached to.

And if it were attached to his modified butterflies...]