[ Royce huffs out something like a laugh at that, used to bravado but still unprepared for it. It's not as if he's an unattractive man, not by a long shot—he's even a little bit reminiscent of Grant in his younger days, though his eyes are sharper, shrewder. Clever, one supposes, yes, this one's probably clever. Which is not to say Grant was not, but then Grant always was possessed of a certain level of sentimentality to which Royce could not entirely relate but appreciated for its difference nevertheless. ]
Both are the case. To be technical. What happened, and the reason behind it. At least, my best stab at conjecture would say you're probably right. How it happens, why... that's another question entirely.
[ A beat. ]
But to be frank with you I would just as soon resist parting with anything particularly... valuable. Mm. Well. At any rate, you did lose them this way; perhaps they can be manipulated via the same means into, well, coming back.
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[ Royce huffs out something like a laugh at that, used to bravado but still unprepared for it. It's not as if he's an unattractive man, not by a long shot—he's even a little bit reminiscent of Grant in his younger days, though his eyes are sharper, shrewder. Clever, one supposes, yes, this one's probably clever. Which is not to say Grant was not, but then Grant always was possessed of a certain level of sentimentality to which Royce could not entirely relate but appreciated for its difference nevertheless. ]
Both are the case. To be technical. What happened, and the reason behind it. At least, my best stab at conjecture would say you're probably right. How it happens, why... that's another question entirely.
[ A beat. ]
But to be frank with you I would just as soon resist parting with anything particularly... valuable. Mm. Well. At any rate, you did lose them this way; perhaps they can be manipulated via the same means into, well, coming back.
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It wasn't too much of a loss for me. They weren't worth all that much in the long run.
[ if he really wanted them back, he'd have found a way by now. ]
I'm going to take a wild guess and say that you're not familiar with psychic manipulation like this where you come from, are you?