[francel is silent for a good long while. andersen isn't wrong... no, andersen isn't wrong at all, but it's strange to be given such level-headed advice after so many long weeks — so many long years of having no one to really offer him guidance.
it's kind of unsettling, honestly. it's like having a proper father show up twenty-two years too late.]
...I suppose...
[another long pause, and then francel adds, in a voice simultaneously defensive and prideful:]
...But as a wordsmith, Andersen, surely you can appreciate my ability to use his own words against him!
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[francel is silent for a good long while. andersen isn't wrong... no, andersen isn't wrong at all, but it's strange to be given such level-headed advice after so many long weeks — so many long years of having no one to really offer him guidance.
it's kind of unsettling, honestly. it's like having a proper father show up twenty-two years too late.]
...I suppose...
[another long pause, and then francel adds, in a voice simultaneously defensive and prideful:]
...But as a wordsmith, Andersen, surely you can appreciate my ability to use his own words against him!