Explosive is an interesting choice of words which she mentally elects not to comment on, given the state of her workshop and her and de Foncé's mutual interest in the subject.
In fact, perhaps it is best to simply steer around the specifics of the work - and its various moral quandaries - entirely now that they have established a loose concept of the thing so as not to risk saying anything untoward which might either make Mr. Stark, wherever he is presently, spontaneously break out into hives or for the Provost to look up from his work, pause, and squint (in some graceful, lineless way) with the certainty that someone somewhere is doing something they haven't asked permission to do.
"Leander"—first name, no title; how shocking—"has been willing to listen to some of my ideas, and confirm or deny some theories. He's very good with warding. He and Enchanter Julius once allowed me to observe them testing and modifying expulsion wards for cleaning the Gallows chimneys. And I have been in conversation with-- the new one, with the Northern accent. Porthmeus? He seems very willing to at least discuss the subject, which is more than I have managed to convince much of anyone else to do. Whenever I attempt to talk seriously on the subject, I am inevitably given reading lists. Which I don't mind, but books are rather poor conversationalists and worse with invention."
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Date: 2020-07-24 04:26 pm (UTC)In fact, perhaps it is best to simply steer around the specifics of the work - and its various moral quandaries - entirely now that they have established a loose concept of the thing so as not to risk saying anything untoward which might either make Mr. Stark, wherever he is presently, spontaneously break out into hives or for the Provost to look up from his work, pause, and squint (in some graceful, lineless way) with the certainty that someone somewhere is doing something they haven't asked permission to do.
"Leander"—first name, no title; how shocking—"has been willing to listen to some of my ideas, and confirm or deny some theories. He's very good with warding. He and Enchanter Julius once allowed me to observe them testing and modifying expulsion wards for cleaning the Gallows chimneys. And I have been in conversation with-- the new one, with the Northern accent. Porthmeus? He seems very willing to at least discuss the subject, which is more than I have managed to convince much of anyone else to do. Whenever I attempt to talk seriously on the subject, I am inevitably given reading lists. Which I don't mind, but books are rather poor conversationalists and worse with invention."