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[cozen]

Nnno.

[ Hesitation born of trying to decipher his tone. But the current frontrunner for plausible explanations is that they bickered again, not that anyone was tortured. ]

[bouchonne]

Seek her out.

[ Nothing more than that is forthcoming, unfortunately. ]

[cozen]

[ There's shuffling and drawer-shutting that indicates he's putting things away to go do that right now, but in the meantime: ]

Are you all right?

[bouchonne]

What?

[ The question takes him by surprise. ]

Yes. I am.

[cozen]

[ His silence is as long as the doubting sound he isn’t making out loud. He lets it go, though. At least for now. ]

But Athessa’s not. D’accord. I’ll go find her.

[bouchonne]

[ Just a nod and no commentary from Byerly. Signal enough that he's in a state, if he's this terse. ]