Standing idly in a grove near the Central Tower while leaning on a tree, Daneel was watching the actions of the Mad Doctor who was in his office, and Ashahell who was in his quarters.
The report about the Mad Doctor giving Echer Plants to the Black Raven Kingdom was false: he had only made a fake one up after finding out Ashahell's contacts so that he could infuriate the man using the one thing which affected him the most: the condition of the continent.
His hope was that due to this and their earlier altercation, Ashahell would be inclined to kill the Mad Doctor.
But…this was only a hope, and he needed to make sure it would happen.
He knew that the Mad Doctor would soon target him to kill him as soon as Marcus's favor of 'protecting' him ended, and Daneel just didn't want to handle someone at his level while being just a Warrior.
