Aaah. [Zeke waves his hand to dismiss the question as deserving neither a yes nor a no.]
[Of course, that's a deliberate deception. Things are absolute hell at the office, because the official government response to Disturbances has to be formed and formulated in DAMNIT, and that isn't easy in the slightest. The whole place is in an uproar, and struggling to accomplish anything against its own limitations--]
[--but no one needs to hear THAT, because the last thing anyone needs is guilt. It's just how the job works, that's all.]
You're the one looking like she's trying to turn into a turtle. What's got your goat?
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[Of course, that's a deliberate deception. Things are absolute hell at the office, because the official government response to Disturbances has to be formed and formulated in DAMNIT, and that isn't easy in the slightest. The whole place is in an uproar, and struggling to accomplish anything against its own limitations--]
[--but no one needs to hear THAT, because the last thing anyone needs is guilt. It's just how the job works, that's all.]
You're the one looking like she's trying to turn into a turtle. What's got your goat?