[She didn't look? Ari gazes at her expectantly, as if waiting for her to reveal that this is some very ill-timed joke.
It isn't.
Well. Valdis didn't have any obligation to look; Ari had thought that she wanted to. Now she knows where things stand. Valdis doesn't really care about escaping, because how could anyone just forget something that critically important? And then to top it off, calling her Ari like she-
Curb your anger, Tayrey.
She stays neutral. Calm.]
It's fine. You weren't obligated to look.
Look, General's fine. Or Lieutenant. Or just plain Tayrey. I don't mean to demand titles. But don't call me Ari. Only people from Cardalek call me Ari. [Her father. Kaizen. Saratha. People who had been close from the beginning.] I let Klaus and it felt so wrong I had to ask him to stop. [Absent that deep, contract-clad closeness, first names are for small children or very low-level employees - and they aren't very polite to use for the latter.]
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It isn't.
Well. Valdis didn't have any obligation to look; Ari had thought that she wanted to. Now she knows where things stand. Valdis doesn't really care about escaping, because how could anyone just forget something that critically important? And then to top it off, calling her Ari like she-
Curb your anger, Tayrey.
She stays neutral. Calm.]
It's fine. You weren't obligated to look.
Look, General's fine. Or Lieutenant. Or just plain Tayrey. I don't mean to demand titles. But don't call me Ari. Only people from Cardalek call me Ari. [Her father. Kaizen. Saratha. People who had been close from the beginning.] I let Klaus and it felt so wrong I had to ask him to stop. [Absent that deep, contract-clad closeness, first names are for small children or very low-level employees - and they aren't very polite to use for the latter.]