There's a mild bitterness to it, offset by weariness. It's been too long since that ill-fated experiment for the frustration to feel as sharp as it had with every failed attempt. He's barely tried since. You spend a month deteriorating into something you can't control and you start to remember old teachings about the flow of a river.
His own brow lifts, sure signal that he sees that meandering approach of the subject. But it's fine. These are all things they're going to need to discuss. And what's the alternative? Nothing he wants to fall back on just now.
"It's nothing I've encountered before. I didn't make any real headway beyond eliminating options."
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There's a mild bitterness to it, offset by weariness. It's been too long since that ill-fated experiment for the frustration to feel as sharp as it had with every failed attempt. He's barely tried since. You spend a month deteriorating into something you can't control and you start to remember old teachings about the flow of a river.
His own brow lifts, sure signal that he sees that meandering approach of the subject. But it's fine. These are all things they're going to need to discuss. And what's the alternative? Nothing he wants to fall back on just now.
"It's nothing I've encountered before. I didn't make any real headway beyond eliminating options."