IC INBOX for The Last Voyages

[magician_king]

You know what to do.

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[magician_king]

"Only because you don't feel comfortable saying it." Pulling himself up, following after to set up the ladder with him.

[biocomposer]

"Frankly? Yes. But I can't imagine that you'd want to say to me what you plan on taking to your next conversation with Jedao," he says, bluntly.

[magician_king]

"It would be really nice to have someone to talk to about that. Normally it'd be Fives, but he isn't speaking to me."

So;

"Rehearsing this stuff is normal and healthy."

[biocomposer]

Elijah almost says something about needing to see his sources for that, but retreats up a ladder instead.

"Well, I wouldn't be any use regardless. I don't know him."

[magician_king]

"It's not about whether you know him, it's about whether I know how to express myself."

Quentin informs his back;

"It's immaterial."

[biocomposer]

"Surely there's an element of adaptation to your audience," Elijah murmurs, not really caring, just conscious that picking at technicalities beats having a real conversation.

[magician_king]

"That's level two. Level one is just stringing together a sentence about what you're feeling."

[biocomposer]

"Which I will do. When I'm in an environment which feels conducive."

I.e. not up a ladder in his ex-warden's company.

[magician_king]

"All right. But don't chicken out."

Pulling out that ex warden card a little on him.

[biocomposer]

"I suppose you'll never know."

Card declined.

[magician_king]

"Except Rhys is my spy in the garden of love."

Not shy about pointing out.

[biocomposer]

"Rhys is your - Christ," Elijah mutters, possibly his first blasphemy in Quentin's company. "Rhys needs to keep our confidences. I'll talk to him."

[magician_king]

"Fine, fine!"

He says, holding up his hands spread in submission.

"Don't do that, I want him to be able to talk to me if he needs to."

[biocomposer]

"....Does he talk to you about him and I?" Elijah asks, shielding a slight sense of vulnerability.

[magician_king]

"Only conversationally."

He says, with a small smile.

"He's never said anything that didn't make me glad you two have each other."

[biocomposer]

Surely any discussion is, by definition, a conversation. Is this something other than that? How is Quentin measuring it?

"....Good," he remarks, cautiously.

[magician_king]

"Never be afraid to talk to people, Elijah. Never do anything you'd be afraid to have talked about."

Is Quentin's best advice.

[biocomposer]

"I have never been afraid to be talked about," Elijah points out, in a tone that suggests he doesn't even understand the concept.