This has the ready, pre-tailored air of a thing he has had practice saying. It comes to him more smoothly than anything else he's said so far, and it's hardly as if Laurent's been stumbling over himself thus far.
At the same time, the point of his attention flicks round the assembly of books and Richard's place at the center of it—seeking out some other trajectory toward which to turn. Lalla has begun to give him a particular look when he delivers this very rehearsed line; consequently, there is a natural impulse toward avoiding the semantics of the claim.
"And you're either of the opinion that yours is going to be slightly more permanent, or shockingly bored. I think they have rules about that, you know. Not torturing the people who land here. You might petition for early release on the basis of it being an act of ethical mercy."
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This has the ready, pre-tailored air of a thing he has had practice saying. It comes to him more smoothly than anything else he's said so far, and it's hardly as if Laurent's been stumbling over himself thus far.
At the same time, the point of his attention flicks round the assembly of books and Richard's place at the center of it—seeking out some other trajectory toward which to turn. Lalla has begun to give him a particular look when he delivers this very rehearsed line; consequently, there is a natural impulse toward avoiding the semantics of the claim.
"And you're either of the opinion that yours is going to be slightly more permanent, or shockingly bored. I think they have rules about that, you know. Not torturing the people who land here. You might petition for early release on the basis of it being an act of ethical mercy."