[koby doesn’t mean to, his reaction thoroughly involuntary, but at the understated good, he sits a bit taller, shoulders squaring, ducks his head on a pleased smile. it’s embarrassing actually, how susceptible he is to even the slightest hint of praise.]
Thank you. [still pleased, handing over the stack – binder-clipped together, with each month neatly paperclipped to keep it separate. every section contains a timeline of the month’s public events (the parties, the games, the trials), color-coded based on whether the driving force was the house, the balfours or the guests. then there are more in-depth notes, written meeting-minutes-style, an account of what koby personally witnessed, cross-coded with what was then said or done on the network. footnotes abound, references to various appendices, commentary added later – one note mentions some comment of bunny’s with an addendum “disproven by comment on 9/06”. there’s also a brief, impersonal list of all the house guests, their homes and approximate years of origin – silco himself is there, noted under the heading “march new arrivals”: silco, undercity, non-earth timeline. the last (and largest) section of paper details major earth events, bullet-point style, with markers inserted for various guest’s and their time points, so koby’s more aware of who’s experienced what world happenings prior to arrival, and who might need more context to function well in saltburnt.
koby busies himself with organizing other papers, mostly more current events, filling in the gaps in his earth timeline, so he doesn’t stare intently, waiting for silco’s reaction. at the question, though, he glances up over the tops of his glasses.]
I don’t go around handing it out to just anyone. [taptapping the papers on the table, eyes suddenly very intent, very focused on silco, the subtle, creeping, unseen sensation that the observation doesn’t only go skin-deep.] Jinx vouches for you, so I’ve given you more than most. [the information is comprehensive, but no private conversations are noted, nothing that didn’t occur in a public area, be it the network or the breakfast table. the value is in the organization, the cross-referencing that’s already been done, the awareness of what is lie and what is truth, based on the keen observations of someone who keeps his mouth shut and his ears open.]
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Thank you. [still pleased, handing over the stack – binder-clipped together, with each month neatly paperclipped to keep it separate. every section contains a timeline of the month’s public events (the parties, the games, the trials), color-coded based on whether the driving force was the house, the balfours or the guests. then there are more in-depth notes, written meeting-minutes-style, an account of what koby personally witnessed, cross-coded with what was then said or done on the network. footnotes abound, references to various appendices, commentary added later – one note mentions some comment of bunny’s with an addendum “disproven by comment on 9/06”. there’s also a brief, impersonal list of all the house guests, their homes and approximate years of origin – silco himself is there, noted under the heading “march new arrivals”: silco, undercity, non-earth timeline. the last (and largest) section of paper details major earth events, bullet-point style, with markers inserted for various guest’s and their time points, so koby’s more aware of who’s experienced what world happenings prior to arrival, and who might need more context to function well in saltburnt.
koby busies himself with organizing other papers, mostly more current events, filling in the gaps in his earth timeline, so he doesn’t stare intently, waiting for silco’s reaction. at the question, though, he glances up over the tops of his glasses.]
I don’t go around handing it out to just anyone. [taptapping the papers on the table, eyes suddenly very intent, very focused on silco, the subtle, creeping, unseen sensation that the observation doesn’t only go skin-deep.] Jinx vouches for you, so I’ve given you more than most. [the information is comprehensive, but no private conversations are noted, nothing that didn’t occur in a public area, be it the network or the breakfast table. the value is in the organization, the cross-referencing that’s already been done, the awareness of what is lie and what is truth, based on the keen observations of someone who keeps his mouth shut and his ears open.]