I'm sorry. You're right, we have just met, and I don't know you or trust you.
[He answers, quietly. A younger Quentin would feel differently about this, would probably have had the good sense not to tell him anything but would have handled it by agreeing to and then just passive aggressively hiding or being busy for the rest of the time they'd know each other.
But he's thirty now, and he's been around the block, and has learned a thing or two about the difference between politeness and respect.]
And, I don't intend to be here that long. If I am doing foundational magical work, it'll be on tearing my way back out of here.
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[He answers, quietly. A younger Quentin would feel differently about this, would probably have had the good sense not to tell him anything but would have handled it by agreeing to and then just passive aggressively hiding or being busy for the rest of the time they'd know each other.
But he's thirty now, and he's been around the block, and has learned a thing or two about the difference between politeness and respect.]
And, I don't intend to be here that long. If I am doing foundational magical work, it'll be on tearing my way back out of here.