Then why bother with the pearls and a proposal you'd want her to refuse?
[ She already knows the answer to that too, though, she thinks. Because although ALASTAIR had always favored an aggressive response, and Guild Ophelia is mostly ex-ALASTAIR, there is a difference between aggressive and excessive. He'd never be able to convince them.
But that's almost like its own win, right? That he didn't bother trying? ?? ]
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[ She already knows the answer to that too, though, she thinks. Because although ALASTAIR had always favored an aggressive response, and Guild Ophelia is mostly ex-ALASTAIR, there is a difference between aggressive and excessive. He'd never be able to convince them.
But that's almost like its own win, right? That he didn't bother trying? ?? ]