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[kazilik]

[There's a bit of a dubious silence, then:]

Hallo, this is Iskierka. I am not present at the moment, but pray leave your name and what you would like of me; and I shall return your message as soon as I might.

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[dracobin]

[His voice, when it bursts out of the console, is on the edge of panic.]

Iskierka? Iskierka, have you seen Laurence? He has not come back to the apartment for two days now, and he is not at his old apartment, and I cannot find him anywhere, and I have been all over the turtle, with nothing to show for it.

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[kazilik]

I have not, I am sorry; would you like me to help you look for him? [She doesn't sound quite as panicked, but she is certainly anxious.]

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[dracobin]

Please do; it is not like him to leave like this, without telling me, and I fear the worst.

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[kazilik]

I shall go directly, then; and of course I will report back to you.

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[dracobin]

[His next response does not come until much later, after his audience with Eshai, and his voice is calmer, if more resigned.]

You need not bother: he is gone. I have asked the Emperor.