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Challenging

A dramatic change in her voice.

Challenging

Laughter, nervous.

Formidable

They began from the same point, but their lives have spiraled off in such different ways.

Legendary

The self forms around another self. It has no independent being, cannot verify its own existence.

Medium

Relief, but with a hint of dread.

Medium

Challenging

Sarcasm, laced with longing.

Medium

They had the rare kind of bond that cannot be described.

Medium

The outlandish jacket, the promises, the smooth flirtations -- all performance. But whatever he's feeling about this certainly isn't.

Challenging

For you, as much as it is for him. Has to keep himself sharp, or that'll be the day he loses.

Easy

And for a moment, you're aware of a great hollow, shaped exactly like your old asset.

Medium

He makes it sound like curiosity, but it's concern.

Trivial

So that's it. He's gone.

Medium

A courtesy he'd like to be mutual.

Easy

This guy is a businessman first and foremost. No way he's not selling something if it can turn a profit.

Medium

A coded question. He needs to be let 'in' enough on the details to be willing to open himself up to risk.

Challenging

Could be another of his sales pitches. Could be...

Easy

That's it. Play up the damsel in distress angle, it's his weak spot.

Easy

He came through.

Easy

Now it's all done, everything in him hopes that his concession will earn him a place in your heart.

Easy

And just like that, warmth radiates from him once more. If only it were that easy for you.

Medium

This is a man who knows guns, the mess they make. He doesn't throw out threats like that lightly.

Challenging

Poor guy. You should make sure he's okay, at least.

Medium

You robbed the man and left. An apology isn't undeserved.

Medium

Poor guy. He had such a rough night.

Medium

You've seen this kind of bravado before. He's running some kind of side-hustle.

Medium

Easy -- he's obviously not harbouring a grudge.

Medium

Medium

A chill runs down your spine as the true meaning of her words sinks in.

Easy

This Bagman is the fibre of the web connecting all paranoia in Portofiro.

Easy

She really wants you to explore the silo for her.

Medium

An insane copper stripper wants to use you as a canary in a coal mine.

Easy

You have never been paid in a more degrading way.

Easy

A handsome foreigner. The carabineros were playing a trick on him.

Easy

If a woman of means wants him over her other options, that makes him a luxury. He likes that.

Easy

You are the nib from which life spills, captured across the page.

Easy

Both showcase a serious passion for cryptography -- done purely for the love of it.

Medium

It's because they're defenceless. They trigger the impulse to nurture.

Easy

Plushie #3 has shredded the social contract.

Medium

Souvenirs, yes... good point. Are you really going to return to Melita arms swinging?

Challenging

The dead and the discarded.

Legendary

He doesn't care about the money. The competition was all.

Easy

A dramatic change in her voice. It seems the two of you may share an interest.

Easy

Leave him at it. You're starting to feel icky.

Easy

The gall! She who toils and sweats, while the vending automaton does nothing but dispense cheerfully, uncaringly, and at a significant price markup.

Trivial

Oh, Hershel. You've stolen from an old lady.

Medium

Does she mean Ignatz?

Easy

She peers out from behind the pages, eyes softening. She has deemed you clumsy enough to be trustworthy.

Easy

She smiles and leans back, endeared by your threat.

Easy

Impressive that he was able to win this woman over. He inspires empathy. Valuable trait.