[ Wherever she is--in her room, alone--she winces faintly. Why does she believe Kostos over him? When did they become so completely unable to communicate? ]
[Why don't you ask Kostos would be a low blow. Why don't you ask your boss would be even lower. Darras barely resists both--because he is making an honest effort, but more because he thinks better of Yseult. That's the problem.]
Because you'll need a liar. You'll need someone willing to cheat the way I would. And you know it.
[It's not satisfying. It's not the fight he was looking for; it's not the conversation he'd rather have had. It's not Yseult, at Satinalia, which was always a far-off dream anyways, if he's honest with himself.]
Not now you're not. Not your usual sort of work, anyways, the sort that obligates you to be playing a character. And I see why you'd not want to play a character on top of that character.
But now you're just making excuses.
[Not with any particular animosity. It is what it is.]
[ She thought, anyway. She thought they'd already covered now. If not tonight, the last time they spoke. But she'll make excuses if that's what he's hearing anyway. ]
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Why do you want to come?
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Because you'll need a liar. You'll need someone willing to cheat the way I would. And you know it.
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I'll think about it.
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Have you ever celebrated it?
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But now you're just making excuses.
[Not with any particular animosity. It is what it is.]
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[ She thought, anyway. She thought they'd already covered now. If not tonight, the last time they spoke. But she'll make excuses if that's what he's hearing anyway. ]
I have work to do, Darras. Enjoy the party.
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Yeah.
[And that's it. That's all.]