[It’s quite a bit too on the nose, and for a moment Rip stares at the man, trying to figure out how he can possibly know before reason assures that he cannot. Rather, the redhead must be talking about his own circumstances, a calamity of some kind that apparently falls too closely in line with what Rip may now have to face, and he covers that momentary shock with a raised glass, a slow sip, before making comment.]
Seems a rather sad state. Someone sent home?
[It’s the most likely cause, he thinks. And just in case their circles are closer than Rip expects, he’d like to know if that someone is a person he was acquainted with.
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Seems a rather sad state. Someone sent home?
[It’s the most likely cause, he thinks. And just in case their circles are closer than Rip expects, he’d like to know if that someone is a person he was acquainted with.
Purely for strategy’s sake, of course.]