She grows suddenly very pale. And then just as suddenly, flushes very hot up the back of her neck, into her ears, and well into her face with the effort required to subdue the hot spark of elation that rises up. Like a bottle under pressure, her eyes get very bright.
"Oh, yes. Well of course. I wouldn't want anyone to be unduly endangered by the course of our research." She does not sound as light and airy and casual and perfectly poised as she believes she does. "But how kind of you to offer, Mr. Dickerson. I would of course be most grateful for your assistance and happily accept. Tell me, do you have any ready friendships among Riftwatch's mages? Perhaps you might have connections I do not that we might first explore the possibility of studying."
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Date: 2020-07-28 03:44 am (UTC)"Oh, yes. Well of course. I wouldn't want anyone to be unduly endangered by the course of our research." She does not sound as light and airy and casual and perfectly poised as she believes she does. "But how kind of you to offer, Mr. Dickerson. I would of course be most grateful for your assistance and happily accept. Tell me, do you have any ready friendships among Riftwatch's mages? Perhaps you might have connections I do not that we might first explore the possibility of studying."