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Chapter 1, Verse 4 - I|hear..sou/n.ds--♫

[Audio - The Dark Hour]

[An audio call with plenty of reverb in the speaker's voice, during the dark hour?]

[...Well. Frankly, it's pretty commonplace as of late, isn't it? Even if you don't recognize the speaker's voice the underlying echo within it speaks as to their nature, while the speaker herself asks a simple question.]

Duty, or desire?

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Right. That was more or less my intent. Hope you don't mind that I recorded this conversation; figure it'll give her something to think about.

[A beat.] Hm. That's probably the sort of thing I should declare at the start, isn't it...

I don't mind but...'give her something to think about'? A shadow? [Surprise colors his voice.]

Yes, something like that -- we're the same, and neither of us are the type to attack a problem head-on at first. A bit of subtlety goes a long way.

Subtlety can get you quite far, that's for sure. Where is your counterpart anyways? Is she alright?

Dunno. For my purposes right now, it really doesn't matter. We'll have a heart to heart later, probably.

So you aren't with her then.

We never really had that chat we'd talked about yet, did we? Let's say I'm used to the acts of subterfuge that can go with administrative work and leave it at that for now.

[There's a smile in her voice when she continues.] You can inquire further when we do have that chat.

I will keep that in mind.

That suits me just fine, honestly. Feel free to give me a ring later on. Ta~

[Click. Weirdo gets a weird shadow, apparently.]

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