[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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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.