[Palamedes has found the hidden key to Ortus' passions: tetchy literary criticism. He pivots back to the conversation with alacrity, nodding along. He even acknowledges the unfortunate lack of visitors to the Ninth with downswept lashes and a mild, colorless hm of concurrence.
He's braced for the mention of the Lady Septimus. He does not betray recognition, although it grieves him to do so. This is not the time or the place to speak of her specifically, and not without discussion of the matter with his own lady.
But he does allow himself to recall her, a woman so vivid that she reclaimed her life after death, and perhaps there is an especial sympathy between them for that. He cannot help but extend some of it to the young man before him.]
It was. Despite the reliance on formula, I will grant that Vapors provided a thorough catalog of the body armor typical of the time period, although [it must be the pollen, making him clear his throat so often] in the context of speculation on its removal.
As for the Seventh, there are exceptions. Some poets of the House favor a return to sparser forms, which I had little opportunity to explore.
I assume you are familiar with the Archives here. I am amazed at the breadth of their collection, including volumes from our own Empire...if you were to have any further suggestions for my reading, I would be obliged to you, Warden.
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He's braced for the mention of the Lady Septimus. He does not betray recognition, although it grieves him to do so. This is not the time or the place to speak of her specifically, and not without discussion of the matter with his own lady.
But he does allow himself to recall her, a woman so vivid that she reclaimed her life after death, and perhaps there is an especial sympathy between them for that. He cannot help but extend some of it to the young man before him.]
It was. Despite the reliance on formula, I will grant that Vapors provided a thorough catalog of the body armor typical of the time period, although [it must be the pollen, making him clear his throat so often] in the context of speculation on its removal.
As for the Seventh, there are exceptions. Some poets of the House favor a return to sparser forms, which I had little opportunity to explore.
I assume you are familiar with the Archives here. I am amazed at the breadth of their collection, including volumes from our own Empire...if you were to have any further suggestions for my reading, I would be obliged to you, Warden.