[It's not accusatory, it simply is: that is a bandage, maybe even a balm, but notably, it is only a start. Palamedes' gaze drops to the ornithopter again, and he slouches some in his seat. Paul understands the bandage-quality of his own plan— that is a different kind of start, about a different kind of problem.
Palamedes doesn't much care for the sea throwing a fit like a toddler and so has no interest in the appeasement, but he'll keep that one to himself. What's one more mysterious ritual, really. The bandage, then.]
It gets you back to zero, I suppose. Then what? [He holds up a hand, briefly.] Don't factor my approval in, or anyone else's. I don't think that's your goal. So, what happens after zero?
[Which is a more roundabout, less dismissive way of repeating what he'd told Anna to do: get her house in order. He dares to think Anna might be at least an iota more anchored than Paul, despite everything, so. Zero, and he doesn't leave Paul here to brood.]
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[It's not accusatory, it simply is: that is a bandage, maybe even a balm, but notably, it is only a start. Palamedes' gaze drops to the ornithopter again, and he slouches some in his seat. Paul understands the bandage-quality of his own plan— that is a different kind of start, about a different kind of problem.
Palamedes doesn't much care for the sea throwing a fit like a toddler and so has no interest in the appeasement, but he'll keep that one to himself. What's one more mysterious ritual, really. The bandage, then.]
It gets you back to zero, I suppose. Then what? [He holds up a hand, briefly.] Don't factor my approval in, or anyone else's. I don't think that's your goal. So, what happens after zero?
[Which is a more roundabout, less dismissive way of repeating what he'd told Anna to do: get her house in order. He dares to think Anna might be at least an iota more anchored than Paul, despite everything, so. Zero, and he doesn't leave Paul here to brood.]