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[mentis-reae.livejournal.com]

I...know she has. She seems upset.

[gaveherwings.livejournal.com]

Well naturally!

I...I should go.

[mentis-reae.livejournal.com]

Do not condescend to me, Dr. Yumeno. I'm merely surprised because she sounded attached to him on an emotional level.

[gaveherwings.livejournal.com]

I wasn't- [An incredulous protest, but that second comment holds him for a prolonged silence. When he speaks, it is measured, brittle.]

We are not in Romdeau, anymore. She can sound any way she wants to.

[That much is cold rationalization. He continues quieter,]

The man she shared an office with for several months now is dead. I don't suppose you would be held at question for an emotional response to the loss of Miss Kirijo?

[mentis-reae.livejournal.com]

[A pause, and then, tightly:]

I'm not saying I disapproved. I'm saying I was surprised, because I'd never even heard the man so much as speak to her before. I'd not even known she had a newcomer partner. You do understand the difference in nuance between surprise and disapproval, correct?

[gaveherwings.livejournal.com]

Well one can't expect you to know everything about who she speaks to or what she thinks of them, can they?

[mentis-reae.livejournal.com]

No. Hence surprise. Shall I provide synonyms of the word "surprise" for your ease of comprehension?

[gaveherwings.livejournal.com]

Now who's condescending?

[mentis-reae.livejournal.com]

I appear, rather, to be speaking at your level.

[gaveherwings.livejournal.com]

Well then! I expect we're all caught up where it's relevant, if you're digressing to language lessons. I don't mean to keep you. Good day.

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