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"I guarantee that, were he here, said aforementioned officer would swear otherwise."

He hadn't been good company. When one is dragging a friend along to parties, it's under the assumption that you're to be supported in some fashion - not made to dredge the poor bastard along, or (worse) abandoned outright.

[hornswoggle]

Several thoughts come to John in quick succession: I'd like to see what else he swore to and Is that were you met her? and Is that where you met them?

But what he settles on:

"It was hard to be a disaster. By comparison, you may have been one of the more charming prospects."

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"I'm aware that Riftwatch's ranks consist almost entirely of an array of maladjusted degenerates. But kind of you to remind me."

As if either of them is somehow excluded from the shade of that particular assessment.

[hornswoggle]

Yes, both of them are extremely well-adjusted and charming.

"I did hear a few things that may be useful, but idle gossip from Ostwick isn't necessarily going to help us in our current ventures."