[How very like Aventurine to avoid the question. Has he forgotten that Sunday doesn't need a game at all to learn the truth he wants? Yet even with the Harmony once more on his side, in his own repentance for his transgressions against THEM — he feels no desire to wield that power. The opportunity is here; they are close enough, and he has the words in his mind, affixed like a knife in his hand. But he doesn't.
He tells himself this is because of their changed circumstances. Penacony is not here, and neither are his obligations as Oak Family Head. And then there is that nebulous debt to the IPC itself.]
... [His Watch rings out; he checks it carefully, frown forming a deeper groove on his mouth when he sees the increase to his account. Not your filthy gambling money.......] I see.
[So if he refuses to answer, he'll lose what meager currency he possesses. Aventurine's deposit will allow one denial, to return those chips.]
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He tells himself this is because of their changed circumstances. Penacony is not here, and neither are his obligations as Oak Family Head. And then there is that nebulous debt to the IPC itself.]
... [His Watch rings out; he checks it carefully, frown forming a deeper groove on his mouth when he sees the increase to his account. Not your filthy gambling money.......] I see.
[So if he refuses to answer, he'll lose what meager currency he possesses. Aventurine's deposit will allow one denial, to return those chips.]
Very well. It's your turn, next.