[ His pause and his tone are both indicative, to the extent they can be read into at all, of someone reluctantly pausing some other activity—work, in this case. ]
[The sound of which Mhavos is so used to he doesn't consciously register the extra bit of patience he summons up in response.] I wished to thank you for your earlier actions, and apologize for the... fraught circumstances of our meeting.
[ The tapping sound is a nib on paper, leaving fidgety ink dots rather than writing words. He did make inquiries, once they’d finished trying to put proper fear of the Maker into the Orlesian woman, and if he hadn’t already heard Mhavos was sticking around, his crystal access would confirm it.
Which makes asking him where he intends to go or if he needs anything in the meantime also unnecessary. Kostos needs a moment to search for an alternative. He will eventually find one, if the silence drags on long enough, but in the meantime it does drag. ]
I'm aware I'm likely interrupting you from something far more important from my curiosities, so if you loose the patience to indulge me, do say so, but: why is thanks unnecessary?
[ A resentful pause to sort it out. People don't usually quiz him on why he says things. They just let him say them and suffer in silence. If he isn't careful he might start thinking before he talks. ]
Because we are a collection of politically unpopular assholes who will almost certainly die in this war, and ideally no one would be here just because they need to eat.
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Yes?
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[ He means— ]
That isn’t necessary.
[ The tapping sound is a nib on paper, leaving fidgety ink dots rather than writing words. He did make inquiries, once they’d finished trying to put proper fear of the Maker into the Orlesian woman, and if he hadn’t already heard Mhavos was sticking around, his crystal access would confirm it.
Which makes asking him where he intends to go or if he needs anything in the meantime also unnecessary. Kostos needs a moment to search for an alternative. He will eventually find one, if the silence drags on long enough, but in the meantime it does drag. ]
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[ A touch of a questioning lilt. Not enough to make the word itself a question. Just: what is going on. What is he supposed to say.
Probably something stupid, so he’d rather not. ]
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[ No. ]
And because Ilias is the one who beat her.
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I am thanking you for my sake, not yours. [Like you saved me for your sake, not mine. But he doesn't say it.]
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[ Was that right, is this part over now, etc. ]
What are you doing now? Here, for—Riftwatch.
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I have training as a clerk, among other things. I'm to understand there's need.
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[ Most days it feels like they have nothing except needs. ]
Is there somewhere you would rather be?
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Why do you ask?
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Because we are a collection of politically unpopular assholes who will almost certainly die in this war, and ideally no one would be here just because they need to eat.
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No offense to present company.
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You would have to try a little harder.
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Again- my thanks.
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