'Kinda'. [He sighs exaggeratedly, slumping his head down for a moment before snapping it back up, his eyes narrow with aggravation.]
Like I said, we have time. You can explain it fully. And if you're done your water break, we should keep walking.
[And he suits actions to words. After a moment he adds in a milder tone,]
Even if it was ill-begotten, it sounds like a useful magecraft. And I suppose I can see why you'd want to avoid people who'd want to research it. What makes you say that you'd be killed for the way you use your eyes, though? Does it go that far against the Associations' rules? [For all that he'd been there four years, his research had been centered not so much around those kinds of laws.]
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Like I said, we have time. You can explain it fully. And if you're done your water break, we should keep walking.
[And he suits actions to words.
After a moment he adds in a milder tone,]
Even if it was ill-begotten, it sounds like a useful magecraft. And I suppose I can see why you'd want to avoid people who'd want to research it. What makes you say that you'd be killed for the way you use your eyes, though? Does it go that far against the Associations' rules? [For all that he'd been there four years, his research had been centered not so much around those kinds of laws.]