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Yep. Exactly.

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I'm glad you waited until after you learned what you needed to know before you began those upgrades.

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It wasn’t as important to me at the time, is what it really came down to.

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Do you still run into situations like that?

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Not really. Not in a long time.

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That’s nice. So you’re pretty much done on that front.

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I like to think so. I don’t take it that a lot of that is super relatable, huh?

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No, actually I think I understand completely. Maybe not the sheer awe of it, but learning something completely foreign and new.

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*Chuckles*
Not so much the social ineptitude, though?

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*Grins*
You know, I'm not our best liar. So I think I understand even that a little bit.

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*Smirks amusedly*
The not-best liar in a room full of people all good at it by trade, huh?

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We have some good liars. But thinking on your feet in a totally unfamiliar place can be hard.

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That’s, well, absolutely fair. Still, all that means is just that you’re not the absolute most prodigious.
*Laughs*
That’s far from bad.

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*Flashes a full-width smile at the thought*
Yeah, I work with an incredible team. They deserve the props they get.

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Maybe with all of your diplomatic powers combined, you could talk King out of being evil.

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*Looks up, giving the idea serious thought*
I guess we could... we would have to... Mmmm, difficult. Not impossible, but killing him is probably faster.

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Also a mild joke. I have no expectations for talking to work, and that would put more people in danger than necessary.

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I'm curious now! How that could work...

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Careful. Don’t turn that water into steam.

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*Winces without otherwise changing my expression and drops the idea*
You and Rhoan may be more similar than I thought.