Freyja laughed gravely, "You would be surprised at how many folk want to see Freyja dead. They would go for any opportunity to have her killed." She looked away, eying the Shrine to Nocturnal, where she kept some of the things she had "acquired" along with the rest of her Nightingale gear. She then looked back at Phyrior, wondering what he was thinking. A lot could have been going through his head, and Freyja was dying to know. Maybe a little talking on Khajiit's part will make Altmer speak.
"Mercer walks among the living no more," Freyja admitted. She had killed him, then her, Karliah, and Brynjolf set up a government of sorts in the Thieves' Guild, which made Freyja the Guildmaster. She didn't really see herself as it, though, and continued working and doing the hard jobs that no one ever wanted to do. But Freyja was so confused as to why she never knew about Phyrior.
"My turn to ask a question of you," Freyja demanded softly. "Why did Freyja not know of you before now?"