[ joke! he's trying a joke. it sounds very much like someone trying a joke, which is to say, it doesn't sound particularly funny.
the silence lingers in itself, awkward as the spot on a nose, until he stops wondering at himself to resume human speech. ]
This is, ah — I'm Secretary Lyov. Casimir. I work in the Research offices. I understand that you've been with the Inquisition once before; would you consider answering some questions?
[There is dawning recognition. Now he knows where he heard the name. One of the Tranquil - or formerly so it seemed, given that his voice now held emotions.
Fortunately he didn't make any passing remark on it. He hadn't known Casimir as anything more than a name to face - a reminder of what the Chantry was willing to do to those who stepped out of line.]
I would hope not as well.
But yes. I will answer what I can.
Though I am terribly sorry. The time between when I ...left, and my return
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[ joke! he's trying a joke. it sounds very much like someone trying a joke, which is to say, it doesn't sound particularly funny.
the silence lingers in itself, awkward as the spot on a nose, until he stops wondering at himself to resume human speech. ]
This is, ah — I'm Secretary Lyov. Casimir. I work in the Research offices. I understand that you've been with the Inquisition once before; would you consider answering some questions?
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Fortunately he didn't make any passing remark on it. He hadn't known Casimir as anything more than a name to face - a reminder of what the Chantry was willing to do to those who stepped out of line.]
I would hope not as well.
But yes. I will answer what I can.
Though I am terribly sorry. The time between when I ...left, and my return
is quite blank.
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[ a bit more genuinely wry: ]
That's not the question. You do remember your time here previously? To what point?
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Then I had fallen through another rift and a year had passed.
[There is a pause.]
Is there another answer you are seeking?