contact part deux

[bouchonne]

if this were modern times byerly would probably make you listen to total eclipse of the heart before you were able to leave a message

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[altusimperius]

[Bene just sits there for a moment, staring into the middle distance, processing that.

It's so simple, so obvious, but he's strangely upset that it took this long for it to even occur to him. More cause to wonder what else his parents purposely kept from him.]

Hm.

[His brow is furrowed darkly, but he breaks his concentration to glance back up at Byerly.]

...well, in that case I'm happy for you both.

[bouchonne]

I think you mean for all four of us.

[altusimperius]

[That gets a snort.]

...yes.

[bouchonne]

That is a secret, by the by. Sidony's preferences. Don't spread it around.

[altusimperius]

Understood.

[It's a secret easily kept, considering it isn't her he works for, and the shared nature of it.
Not that it isn't painfully obvious where his own preferences lie, but it's still not something he appreciates being spoken aloud.]

[bouchonne]

Feel free to gossip about me. Feel free to embellish the stories. I've become horribly conventional of late.

[altusimperius]

[He turns back to his desk.]

Do you actually think people listen to me?

[bouchonne]

Any gossipmonger worth his salt would.

[altusimperius]

[All right, walked directly into that one.]

...all the better reason not to say anything.