[He murmured the words, contemplative for a long moment as he continued to observe the two. The one called Douglas seemed to look to the one called Mycroft for cues on how to act or react. When it was appropriate to speak or not. But in the current world, his knowledge was more readily useful than the former civil servant's. So he had confidence in his words that Daqiang suspected might not be there normally, with the way he followed Mycroft and glanced at him every so often.
He tilted his head, curious.]
Cyrus Douglas. Tell this venerable one what you mean about the winds and tides? This venerable one has only recently begun learning to sail and has been told that the stars are to be used to navigate, not the winds and tides.
[He was honestly interested, but also, he wanted to see how the two would react to the apparent 'follower' being addressed directly and the leader being otherwise ignored.]
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[He murmured the words, contemplative for a long moment as he continued to observe the two. The one called Douglas seemed to look to the one called Mycroft for cues on how to act or react. When it was appropriate to speak or not. But in the current world, his knowledge was more readily useful than the former civil servant's. So he had confidence in his words that Daqiang suspected might not be there normally, with the way he followed Mycroft and glanced at him every so often.
He tilted his head, curious.]
Cyrus Douglas. Tell this venerable one what you mean about the winds and tides? This venerable one has only recently begun learning to sail and has been told that the stars are to be used to navigate, not the winds and tides.
[He was honestly interested, but also, he wanted to see how the two would react to the apparent 'follower' being addressed directly and the leader being otherwise ignored.]