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She's seething. This could go very poorly.

See -- he has a soul.

Best to play along.

He's taken offense.

A soft, excited laughter folds into each word -- like sugar melting into warm cream.

His expression is soft, curious.

As for operant 'excommunications'... HOLOCENE is a case in point.

The text seems genuinely uncertain of what it is more interested in doing -- getting to the heart of the Opera's problems, or delivering the former director a literary pummelling.

It reads like he's mourning.

Could be anyone about to pick up. A total stranger, their life intruded.

She'd only tell you to get on an aero-tram back home again.

A hint of suspicion.

She doesn't lack what's required of a boss, something else has dismantled her authority.

Finding order. She enjoys this, it keeps her together, grounded.

This is the answer she wants to give -- carefully avoiding any mention of her 'sponsor'.

The inner core of people. She wants them to rip out whatever makes them tick.

False promises and disappointments? Those are two of your special abilities.

It's almost like she's lost a fundamental part of herself.

Amid the heavy darkness that possesses her comes a sunny spell. It won't last long.

Overly defensive. Usually a sign of insecurity.

Presumably because her whole life has been flipped around after her magazine was shuttered.

Few of the middle class residents of the Housing Campaign want to be seen openly making offerings or tending the shrine. Such things scream 'working class'.

Maybe it was her husband's idea.

He does not see the it in you.

It has to come from inside. It's personal first.

If you care about him, the best thing you can do is step out of his way and let him rejoin life. Regardless of what he wants.

When all is said and done, the weed plug is Ramses' last point of contact with the world of humans.

A mirror of your guilt. Whatever is happening here, it is the result of how you abandoned him years ago.

Either a medical emergency, or a spiritual one.

You're still talking to a cat. Stop. People can hear you.

You are preparing to strike the cruelest blow.

You can see your reflection, flipped, in the unblemished metal.

A melodic voice that makes you think of flowers blooming in timelapse.

A damaged heart, longing to redeem itself.

A tinge of respect, beneath the bruised ego.

He needs time. And space.

It's less an opinion, more a criminal sentence.

Tarred, somewhat inevitably you feel, with the replayer brush.

'No more. No more of this.'

And now, he is you. Almost.

The 'weird' is for your benefit. Her sexual intrigue just went up a notch.

He bought her three more to bribe her into not telling anyone.

A drug order -- no question. Dr. Hugo was right, this is the man you need to fix Ramses.

He knows full well you wouldn't be here that were an option.

He works himself up into a bout of romantic fervour with practiced ease.

Before he was insane, but sure of himself. Now he's in uncharted territory even by his own measurement.

There's got to be some other way to assuage his paranoia than assaulting an actual child.

For the people of Portofiro, the stars receded; austerity remained their orbit.

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