[While continuing to thumb through the schematics:]
He knows about the direction of the project, and not to say anything to the Provost until we have a working prototype. And he knows that we will need refined lyrium for it and I have given him a new list of required materials and so on and so forth, though I have yet to share the specifics of the updated designs yet. And he will want to be involved in the testing, should it ever come to that. Evidently the man has a passion for explosives and so on.
[He knows enough, is the moral of this story. With a shrug, Wysteria begins rolling the papers back up. It takes a little work to get them all realigned and in the right size fit for cramming back into the cylinder.]
[ Microscopes on pedestals. Tony watches her for a little while longer as though maybe there is more to say before he takes a generous bite out of his cinnamon twist. ]
Thanks for the head up, [ he says, around it, ] and try not to vanish into star dust anytime soon. I still need you for things.
[ No particular emphasis on the I or the you. But if she's as clever as all that, she's got the fundamentals of what he can offer in her hot little hands. ]
Bye, [ is barky and abrupt, as is his disappearance from the door. ]
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He knows about the direction of the project, and not to say anything to the Provost until we have a working prototype. And he knows that we will need refined lyrium for it and I have given him a new list of required materials and so on and so forth, though I have yet to share the specifics of the updated designs yet. And he will want to be involved in the testing, should it ever come to that. Evidently the man has a passion for explosives and so on.
[He knows enough, is the moral of this story. With a shrug, Wysteria begins rolling the papers back up. It takes a little work to get them all realigned and in the right size fit for cramming back into the cylinder.]
But I'm not telling you because I need your help. I'm just saying so should it fall to you, and you or de Foncé or whomever else decides something should be done with it instead of putting the whole idea on some shelf.
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Thanks for the head up, [ he says, around it, ] and try not to vanish into star dust anytime soon. I still need you for things.
[ No particular emphasis on the I or the you. But if she's as clever as all that, she's got the fundamentals of what he can offer in her hot little hands. ]
Bye, [ is barky and abrupt, as is his disappearance from the door. ]