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[defies_reason]

[You might suspect this to be an accidental post. You might not be wrong. Isaak is sitting in a comfortable armchair, his device clearly recording from a table beside him. He's not looking at it; he's reading a book, while classical music plays rather loudly in the background.

After a time, he looks up-- not at the camera, merely away from his book, and says--]

The coming and going does become tiresome, after a time, doesn't it.

[And a moment after, without looking, reaches over to turn off the feed.]

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private; there are no typos there have never been any ever

[defies_reason]

Getting by without and rejecting are entirely different matters. But as you will; it's a waste of energy to argue it, I think.

One purpose is as good as another to me.

[That's not quite true, but it's close. The only motivation that matted is lost to him.]

private; I concur Oi

[mortemscintilla]

[ He's well-acquainted with loss and its vagaries. Having Pai back, while it hasn't given him that cliched Lease on life, has cleared away all the piles of superfluity and rubbish in his head. He doesn't take Isaak's answer at face value. But it does make him curious. ]

And how is the present purpose suiting you?

private;

[defies_reason]

The occasional spate of wallowing aside, I'm enjoying it. There's enough novelty in what one can do here to keep me entertained. I could not have run an establishment like mine at home.

private;

[mortemscintilla]

I'm always surprised by how tolerant the Citizens are here. But I do wonder if it's genuine goodwill, or fear of a common threat.

[ Certainly, with the City's high-level aura of instability -- the curses, the monsters, the (absent) Deities -- it's wiser to make allies, not enemies. Nothing holds as many cards as fear does. ]

private;

[defies_reason]

Either is useful.

[Isaak doesn't much mind if it's merely fear that keeps people in line; that, he is more or less accustomed to.]