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[wizzardly]

VOICEMAIL:

"Er... yes, okay, I suppose I should tell you that if you're trying to reach me I'm not here, and if you're trying to reach me because you want to do something involving pointy bits of metal or otherwise painful objects, I'm never going to be here. So sorry."

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[wizzardly]

[there's a pause.

Unfortunately, it might be a telling one.]

I've no idea what you're talking about.

[baetiful]

[ Check. ]

I think you know exactly what I'm talking about. Shall I review the security footage with you? Perhaps in the company of local authorities?

[wizzardly]

The security - ? [what footage? What does he mean by that? - Could he mean the video that little flying idiot was recording? Had he gotten hold of that somehow? But the only way he'd even know about that would be - ]

Oh that bloody knight. [this in a snarled mutter under his breath.] Look, they can't hold that against me, it's not like it was murder, he was trying to kill me!

[baetiful]

[ And mate. Though if by 'that bloody knight,' Rincewind means Jorah, Jorah is definitely going to get a talking to!!! ]

Perhaps. Perhaps not. Would you really prefer to leave your fate in the hands of a jury?

[wizzardly]

[no. No, no, no, this can't be happening to him again.]

...If I ever find that bloody spy, I'm going to thump him in the face myself.


[does he really have to say it? Baelish knows his answer.]

[baetiful]

I would certainly advocate that.

[ It's so good that Rincewind is cooperating! And now that the coercion is out of the way, it's time to get to the important questions. ]

Have you ever felt like when you were spending time with someone, you lost time? It may be indicative of them milling around in your mind.

[wizzardly]

No. [a sure answer from someone who spent too many years with an unwanted tenant in their head.]

Look, let's just skip the interrogation and get right to the end of this, shall we? You've got him on camera, right? Well, show me the video and I'll tell you if I know him.

[baetiful]

I'll see what I can do. I'm afraid I'm not at liberty to release Dr. Chilton's security footage as simple as that.

[wizzardly]

Oh yes, champion of privacy, you are.

[baetiful]

Not so much privacy as it is in his office, attached to his surveillance. In order to show you, I would need to go through him.

[wizzardly]

Then I'll wait for you to ask him. No rush.

[baetiful]

I will touch base with you again at the party. Until then, try not to run your mouth to anymore dangerous individuals.

[wizzardly]

[oh, wonderful.

A flutter of defiance in Rincewind's battered heart nearly prompts a "But then I'll have to avoid you."

Instead, miserably, he answers:] Right. At the party, then.