...in a way. He's even less of a presence than Claude and I are, but he's technically still over there. We were able to successfully lock him back behind the door.
They actually seemed to mind, last I heard, but uh... I don't know. I haven't asked. I don't like talking to them all about this sort of thing because they get snippy.
Really? They seemed to insinuate I was... coming onto them when I asked a similar question. [ beat ] Maybe they're a little more at ease when meeting us in a dream suite? Both they and Gemini implied we have a little more leeway in what we can ask, as those encounters are dreams, at the end of the day.
[ here he casts a quick glance at their surroundings, making sure there are no errant shadows before lowering his voice to barely above a whisper. ]
...By this point, you must also know that so long as someone appears to be wearing the mantle of a staff member, none of them have technically violated their contracts.
Neither do I. We weren't exactly able to ask Qi Rong before he, uh... lost the ability to speak.
[ he clears his throat a little... it's the best way he could phrase that without giving away too much. ]
...My current theory is that perhaps the first set breached their contracts in some way, and the second figured out some sort of loophole that required them to take on those particular positions in their place. Doing so would allow the first set to remain safe... or incapacitated, in the case of Qi Rong.
...The one named Miles, right? Harrowhark had mentioned him in one of her replies to me. [ beat ] I could only account for Qi Rong while I was over there.
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Oh - what's up with the letters about uniforms. Do you know?
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What did you guys interpret it as?
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I mean, I suppose that's an option. I'm sure Aquila wouldn't mind.
[ he is closing his eye so tiredly ]
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Fair enough. I think they just don't know who might be listening. It was recent, though. I didn't ask, someone else did.
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[ here he casts a quick glance at their surroundings, making sure there are no errant shadows before lowering his voice to barely above a whisper. ]
...By this point, you must also know that so long as someone appears to be wearing the mantle of a staff member, none of them have technically violated their contracts.
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... I still don't understand why they changed clothes. But you're right. Yes.
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[ he clears his throat a little... it's the best way he could phrase that without giving away too much. ]
...My current theory is that perhaps the first set breached their contracts in some way, and the second figured out some sort of loophole that required them to take on those particular positions in their place. Doing so would allow the first set to remain safe... or incapacitated, in the case of Qi Rong.
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[to the first part. and then:]
That's not a bad theory. Better than anything I could come up with. [...] I know one of the originals. I wish I could just ask him.
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