Audience: Yuri Leclerc

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Comments

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[no warning for you.]

You're about as intolerable as most of them.

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[ rude. ]

Wow, they're all charming. In their own ways.

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No.

[pride, please.] Did you want something?

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You picked them.

[ ... ] Sure. If you're that annoyed by them all, why did you pick them?

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You all are very stuck on that.

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I expect we're all curious. Can you blame us?

[ ... ] Don't answer that, it's rhetorical.

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[sniff.]

The method of picking had to make sense. It wasn't just for fun.

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[ there there ]

So? How'd it work? You've said yourself there's the potential for overlap, sort of.

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An overabundance of any particular sin would be an annoyance.

[that's not really an explanation but it's what yuri's getting.]

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So you spread it out as best you can?

[ ... he'll... accept these crumbs. ]

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Mm.

[rip yuri]

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[ you must be so much fun at parties, pride. ]

Do I have to butter up your ego before you start sharing?

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[dryly:] I don't want any sort of buttering from you, no.

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[ he snorts. ]

Just feel like keeping all your cards close to your chest?

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I tend to.

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[ he nods. ]

So, ask someone else. [ he laughs. ] I can't really get mad about people keeping their secrets.

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You'll have better luck elsewhere.

[they tilt their head a little.] I'm not much for conversation.

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[ hm. ]

What do you prefer then? If not conversation.

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To be left alone, mostly. [it's so dry it's almost a joke?]

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[ a big

shrug ]

Wrong profession for that I think, Pride.

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A job is a job. Doesn't mean I have to love doing it.

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The only way to do great work is to love what you do.

[ he sounds? like he's quoting something maybe. ]

... Or just being determined enough to excel anyway.

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I enjoyed what I did before this.

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[ he tilts his head


there is a clear question in his eyes ]

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You are welcome to guess.