[IC Inbox -- Snowblind]

[heavensreader]

Is it worki - oh. Ahem. This is Kesara Freamon. Please leave your message here and I will call back on you as soon as I can.







Wait, is it still - argh, how do I ma-

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[bywolves]

No. He wouldn't. [ Royce knows Hadrian well enough for that. ] If she did it to him, I wouldn't try to get revenge on Ecks because it's pointless. She would have no reason to do it in the first place, and nothing would be gained. I don't do revenge. This was not an act of revenge. This was a promise, and a punishment, and it's done.

I am not the one prolonging this. You, and Watson, and Ecks - you all cannot let this go. Solomons is done with it as well. And he respects my wish to be done with it. Follow his example. [ He's getting angry again. ]

[heavensreader]

[She can hear that anger, and recoils from it, wheels turning in her head. Going at it this way isn't getting her anywhere with Duster. He says his friend wouldn't have... he thinks she's got the whole story wrong. And maybe she has.]

All right. I understand now. [This is Duster's way. These are Duster's rules. She can only play his game by understanding them.] That is not how it's done in Serindia, but, it's wiser. No revenge. No feud. Two men settling their business - and it's done.

[He'll have a hard time convincing the others who have interfered - Watson especially, she thinks - but she can't tell him that.]

[bywolves]

[ He knows he'll have a difficult time convincing the others, but he's not as concerned about that. He doesn't have to travel with them. ]

Good. [ She understands - he knows she probably doesn't agree, but again, that's not what he's concerned about. This is the way he's operating. He needs understanding so that he can give her the same in return. Royce sighs, letting the rest of the anger drain out of him. ]

I can't. Walk straight. But I am coming to your tunnel and this time nothing will stop me.

[heavensreader]

Don't say it when you don't know.

[Kesara doesn't mean to say that. It slips. People have made promises to her before, and a good half of the time could not keep them. She resented it. Now she just knows, it is how it is. So she doesn't want promises anymore. She much prefers cold truth she can rely on.

Her voice is a little soft, still.]

Just take your rest and then come straight here and be careful of anomalies. You message me when you're at the house where I started digging from. I'll tell you when Zach and I can make it out to meet you.

[bywolves]

I will. [ He'll make it there somehow, even if Emily has to help him stumble the whole time. ] Speak with you soon, little terror.