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[mattersverymuch]

[ There's the tapping of fingers, the click of a tongue, and a long silence before anything's actually said. When the marquis speaks, he sounds hoarse, as well as almost cheerful. Spoilers: he's not really. ]

Naïveté is catching these days, I notice. Whose idea was this? I have places to be.

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[timesbureaucrat]

Then you'd better clear your appointment schedule because I'm afraid you won't be leaving here any time soon.

[mattersverymuch]

It's in permanent ink, I'm afraid.

[timesbureaucrat]

What a shame.

[mattersverymuch]

What can I say? I'm a responsible man.

[timesbureaucrat]

A quality I'm sure your warden, whoever he or she turns out to be, will appreciate.

[mattersverymuch]

Thank goodness for that. I'd hate to make their life difficult.

[timesbureaucrat]

Hate to make their life difficult? Were that true it would certainly make you unique among inmates.

[mattersverymuch]

I do like to think of myself as unique.