[It's a feat of Sixth scholarship that Paul can all but feel the disappointment stitched neatly through the words (or maybe he only remembers collateral, and the clarity of his acts reflected in luminous pale grey).]
Good.
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[The telltale 💬 of lengthy typing appears and disappears a number of times, as Palamedes has several riveting debates with himself. Nothing he can come up with seems to carry the necessary weight; it wouldn't do to be flippant. It would be less appropriate still to be teeth-gnashingly furious. Perhaps the fact that he begins a reply at all is telling enough.
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Paul has requested time.
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Well, he can have it. There isn't another response.]
[Odd, the conjuring trick a bit of text can do on the mind. Palamedes reads Harrow's message, simple and shockingly insecure, and all he can think about is Gideon in Canaan House, laying down the weight of her insecurities one by one, half of which he's still certain she had no idea she carried.
They really are quite the pair, aren't they.
He thinks, again: it wouldn't do to be flippant. It would not do one bit to shoot back, Oh, you're admitting it now? even for a bit of levity. Nor will he sugarcoat, mask his disdain for the whole affair; truth, as always, over solace. But Harrow has only asked about the one thing. So:]
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Palamedes. Alive.
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Good.
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Paul has requested time.
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Well, he can have it. There isn't another response.]
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They really are quite the pair, aren't they.
He thinks, again: it wouldn't do to be flippant. It would not do one bit to shoot back, Oh, you're admitting it now? even for a bit of levity. Nor will he sugarcoat, mask his disdain for the whole affair; truth, as always, over solace. But Harrow has only asked about the one thing. So:]
Yes.