"Too joyless for disreputable club and yet managing to treat myself poorly. My, I am talented."
It's not what he'd meant—little working pieces, easily replicated or substituted. No, that hadn't been his point at all. But it hardly matters. So long as the man sitting across from him finds some measure of satisfaction in the answer, that will do.
(Later, maybe, he will wonder if there's any significance to the fact that Byerly interpreted it so.)
"In the interest of saving us both the time of me asking questions which have no answers, is there anything you have been permitted to tell me? We can get it out of the way all in one go if you like."
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It's not what he'd meant—little working pieces, easily replicated or substituted. No, that hadn't been his point at all. But it hardly matters. So long as the man sitting across from him finds some measure of satisfaction in the answer, that will do.
(Later, maybe, he will wonder if there's any significance to the fact that Byerly interpreted it so.)
"In the interest of saving us both the time of me asking questions which have no answers, is there anything you have been permitted to tell me? We can get it out of the way all in one go if you like."