Counter intuitively to the impression that she is departing from the subject of paperwork, Wysteria turns through the folio before her. She spends a few moments rustling papers, and then produces a packet which she surrenders to Ellis with considerably more pleasure than the last set of documents.
"It is an accounting for the prototype which I mean to present the Division Heads with. I am using the illustrations as guides for embellishments on the stock, you see, and I should like to make Riftwatch reimburse the value of it. And barring that, I require the presence of a few easy sacrifices which I can pretend to be very upset about not receiving funding to cover and then heroically cut from the expenses after rigorous debate. Much better a book than the metal or pins or what have you."
She sets her chin into her upturned palms and smiles sunnily. See, she is very clever after all—complicated marriage plots notwithstanding.
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Counter intuitively to the impression that she is departing from the subject of paperwork, Wysteria turns through the folio before her. She spends a few moments rustling papers, and then produces a packet which she surrenders to Ellis with considerably more pleasure than the last set of documents.
"It is an accounting for the prototype which I mean to present the Division Heads with. I am using the illustrations as guides for embellishments on the stock, you see, and I should like to make Riftwatch reimburse the value of it. And barring that, I require the presence of a few easy sacrifices which I can pretend to be very upset about not receiving funding to cover and then heroically cut from the expenses after rigorous debate. Much better a book than the metal or pins or what have you."
She sets her chin into her upturned palms and smiles sunnily. See, she is very clever after all—complicated marriage plots notwithstanding.