[pcs] su jiuqing

[ktiseos]

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[ktiseos]

Simply tell me if it must be done.

[he'll be ready to haul them in. god.]

...but I do hope you are well enough, yourself.

[in more than just the physical sense.]

[countermeasures]

I will.

[she will text him immediately if clarte so much as sneezes honestly.]

I'm alright. I'm a little tired, but - I'll get some rest tonight. And if the pattern holds, I should be able to take it relatively easily tomorrow, too, after I've made my choice of what to send and who to send it to.

[ktiseos]

Have you put thought into who you will choose, yet?

[he absolutely does not mind thinking about business instead.]

[countermeasures]

I think... Itsuki, Vin, or Clarte.

Itsuki and Vin would both tell me if they received something if I asked, and it wouldn't seem strange for me to do so after I got a delivery two weeks in a row.

And Clarte would tell us for the obvious reason.

[ktiseos]

I believe they should be acceptable choices. Itsuki, I am... less familiar with, but if you are certain he will admit to it, then it ought to work.

[countermeasures]

I'm fairly certain. In fact, it's entirely possible he may tell me before I can even ask and see how I think it ought to be used, if he's the one who ends up with it.

[ktiseos]

-hm. Well, he may be of more use than I had assessed him to be, in that case.

[countermeasures]

He's been very helpful to me the entire time we've been here.

[said in a tone of "please be nice."]

[ktiseos]

If you insist, then.

[itsuki might be allowed to have, like. not rights but maybe one right.]

[countermeasures]

I do insist.

[...]

How are you feeling? I'm sure Vax and Percy will be happy to see you looking better.

[ktiseos]

-I am well enough, I suppose?

[if somewhat confused, now. why both of them.]

[countermeasures]

[because they're your friends you big dummy]

Good. That should make them both rest a little easier.

[ktiseos]

Were I not already healing myself, I expect Vax and Bass would have forced me in.

[he shakes his head, at that. honestly!!

he sounds fond, though.]

[countermeasures]

[she smiles]

As they should have! ...I'm glad you have people looking out for you. But I'm also glad you're looking out for yourself.

[ktiseos]

Of course I am. 'Twas already bad enough, being in no shape to assist with investigation.

[he has no tolerance for feeling any less useful than he should.]

[countermeasures]

[nodding...]

I can imagine. That was... a lot, yesterday.

[ktiseos]

So it was. I am glad, however, that we were able to reach the correct conclusion regardless of everything else.

[countermeasures]

I am, too.

...it could have been much worse than it was. I know that, and yet...

[it's still hard to accept that meteion was refracting.]

[ktiseos]

...it would have been more difficult for them to face her, had Meteion survived. Had they all needed to discover she killed while she yet stood there.

[countermeasures]

...yes, you are likely right about that.

But then... had that been the case, and had we still managed to uncover Roxana's deeds... we could have saved her, couldn't we?

[ktiseos]

The possibility exists. However-- were we being forced to contend with Meteion's refraction, the chance also exists that we would have missed Roxana. It was already close.

[countermeasures]

That's true.

...I suppose contemplating what-ifs will do us no good.