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[Out of habit, her greeting starts with a sigh. Hey, for a long time the only person who called her was Sylens, and it really set a tone for phone conversations. Be glad it's just a sigh.]

What do you need?

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I'll apologize to him, then.

Wait, did you already get into it?

I scanned him yesterday and got curious when it spat out a load of gibberish!

[She just starts laughing.]

That must have been interesting. Well done.

Hopefully he doesn't take it too personally. He knows how limited the results can be.

If he does, just point him at me. Tell him I didn't go over the scans well enough.

I think that might make it worse. He doesn't appreciate misdirection. He doesn't even like stage magic because it's about trickery and making people think that there's magic being done.

It's probably not really wrong. I'm certain I didn't go over it as well as GAIA would have.

All encryptions can be broken, given enough time and attention. There's just a point where we have to decide whether it's worth it.

And, really, knowing how his technology is put together isn't worth it, is it?

I was going to see what the components of his staff were, but - you're right. Not worth it.

Anyway. At this point I'm kind of just playing with things to see how it all fits together and what I can do with it.

Thank you, again, for the Focus.

Of course. You're already putting it to good use. I'll try to keep you up to date if I get fresh information on local herbs, too.

Appreciated. We probably should've been working together on this beforehand, it just didn't occur to me until earlier.

We talked. We didn't have common terms yet.

Less an issue now, at least.

And we'll be better at collecting them.

True. Though, depending on how free Cricket is with their boon, that might not be quite as necessary. We'll see if they play stingy or not.

Probably better to assume we won’t see much from them.

Hope for the best, be prepared for the worst.

Some people don't accept that. I say something along those lines and get a lecture. It's not like I'm saying that we can't ever expect anything from anyone, though. Just that we shouldn't base our plans off of an expectation of generosity.

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We paid attention in the voting scenario. And it’s fine, because we know how to provide for ourselves.

Right. Both the vote and the popularity contest, where you got me my frog. While we're not the most hated, or least thought of, team, we're hardly the most beloved.

...Are you alone right now?

Yeah. I’m just seeing if I can stake out some possible beasts for that idea I had.

Good.

Then I can tell you that I love you without making things awkward for an audience.

[Her end goes quiet, until her voice comes back, soft. Something she hasn’t said before.]

I love you, too.

[Oh, there's a quiet little thrill.

Tryse is beaming to herself on her end.]

I'll let you get back to work.

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