[He does suffer a little under the stretched silences--even if his previous conversations with the man should leave him expecting nothing less--but the most Stephen does is lace his fingers together, otherwise keeping relatively still.]
Try to go easy on them.
[His intonation's dry, but the request is sincere enough; the last thing he needs is to be left feeling guilty about someone else having to bear the inauspicious blame of the High Mage.]
In the end, I was the one poking around. And if it helps anyone's case, I haven't shared it with anyone.
[He still doesn't know completely what to make of it. The imaging, the implications wrought from a bit of follow-up research from the library.]
no subject
Try to go easy on them.
[His intonation's dry, but the request is sincere enough; the last thing he needs is to be left feeling guilty about someone else having to bear the inauspicious blame of the High Mage.]
In the end, I was the one poking around. And if it helps anyone's case, I haven't shared it with anyone.
[He still doesn't know completely what to make of it. The imaging, the implications wrought from a bit of follow-up research from the library.]