[A long pause, not deliberately drawn out but he recognizes the voice. Dimly. Had they shared a conversation once, or had he heard it in passing? But it's gone as soon as it's there - he's heard so many voices in his long life.]
[ 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
Re: crystals;
[A long pause, not deliberately drawn out but he recognizes the voice. Dimly. Had they shared a conversation once, or had he heard it in passing? But it's gone as soon as it's there - he's heard so many voices in his long life.]
...Do you require
...medicine?
no subject
[ 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?
no subject
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.
no subject
[ a bit more genuinely wry: ]
That's not the question. You do remember your time here previously? To what point?
no subject
Then I had fallen through another rift and a year had passed.
[There is a pause.]
Is there another answer you are seeking?