Could be an easy quip, if he wasn't checking Byerly's expression from the corner of his eye. Cedric isn't unaware of the man's old title - and the relief with which he's sunk into the casual has been tempered by a faint, persistent whiff of desperation.
"She thought you could help her with," Fumbling to remember: "Her petition for a title?"
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Date: 2024-02-27 10:31 pm (UTC)Could be an easy quip, if he wasn't checking Byerly's expression from the corner of his eye. Cedric isn't unaware of the man's old title - and the relief with which he's sunk into the casual has been tempered by a faint, persistent whiff of desperation.
"She thought you could help her with," Fumbling to remember: "Her petition for a title?"
Something, something, failure to ratify.