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[bypartisan]

[Is it possibly for a mental voice to sound giddy? Because there's a distinct giddy tinge to By's thoughts, for all that his words come out with his normal, lazy, lightly Russian-accented drawl.]

Byerly Vorrutyer here. We're on Earth, pre-spaceflight, although someone who isn't me will need to get a better read on the actual date and location. Linguistically, it's a hodgepodge. I can hear archaic Russian, a whole host of Asiatic and Romance languages, and something else I can't quite place.

If you can "hear" this, check in. We need to know who we've got to work with.

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[bypartisan]

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Fine.

[Wonderful. He has a wolf-bear-woman following him around. Why does he have a wolf-bear-woman following him around? He's trying to be Simon Illyan, not Miles Vorkosigan, dammit.]

[laceandcarnage]

[There's a sense of satisfaction from Istas. Now, she wouldn't have to be concerned about trying to figure out what she should and should not be doing. Byerly would do that for her.]

You do not need to tell me where you are. I will find you by smell.