Of course there had been something along those lines lurking beneath the rock he’s overturned. He’d been nosing around and knew he was nosing around, trying to determine the root of her reluctance; pressing fingers to a suspected injury and feeling it out, waiting for the hitch of breath, a sign of bruised ribs.
Strange’s voice remains neutral, just as clinical and detached as before despite the bomb drop. He doesn’t waste his time with condolences; he doesn’t even know how he would give them, and suspects she doesn’t want them. )
I don’t doubt your intelligence or your capability or your contributions to this organisation, Madame. It’s more a matter of practical self-defense. People can still find themselves attacked even within the Gallows, as we saw with Julius. Members of Diplomacy can still be hijacked in the course of their duties. You were taken captive only last year, were you not?
( Yes, he reads all the public reports. )
I don’t mean to pressure you, however. I expect you’ve already weighed all of these considerations before.
( It’s a small mark of esteem. He knows some people don’t consider all the angles; from what little he knows of the chief cryptographer, she is not one of them. )
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Of course there had been something along those lines lurking beneath the rock he’s overturned. He’d been nosing around and knew he was nosing around, trying to determine the root of her reluctance; pressing fingers to a suspected injury and feeling it out, waiting for the hitch of breath, a sign of bruised ribs.
Strange’s voice remains neutral, just as clinical and detached as before despite the bomb drop. He doesn’t waste his time with condolences; he doesn’t even know how he would give them, and suspects she doesn’t want them. )
I don’t doubt your intelligence or your capability or your contributions to this organisation, Madame. It’s more a matter of practical self-defense. People can still find themselves attacked even within the Gallows, as we saw with Julius. Members of Diplomacy can still be hijacked in the course of their duties. You were taken captive only last year, were you not?
( Yes, he reads all the public reports. )
I don’t mean to pressure you, however. I expect you’ve already weighed all of these considerations before.
( It’s a small mark of esteem. He knows some people don’t consider all the angles; from what little he knows of the chief cryptographer, she is not one of them. )