[A humming, considering vibration, thoughts like the crackle of electricity spreading across a metal plate: flicking here, then out-- farther, farther, farther--]
( You were good to send her away. ) [A visceral pause. A calculation.] ( Say nothing of this to the younger hosts. We will do our part to minimize the damage, but if this makes things more difficult it's important that they come to know of it on their own. )
[A training exercise; they could be shielded, but not protected. Better to let them taste the sting of what trouble another's mistake could make for the rest.]
no subject
( You were good to send her away. ) [A visceral pause. A calculation.] ( Say nothing of this to the younger hosts. We will do our part to minimize the damage, but if this makes things more difficult it's important that they come to know of it on their own. )
[A training exercise; they could be shielded, but not protected. Better to let them taste the sting of what trouble another's mistake could make for the rest.]