[He hesitates as Wangji explains, and is glad he's tall enough that he has to allow the reach by bending down first. He listens to Clayton, but it sounds like the explanation of what he's found will have to wait while they get this sorted out.]
Only if the result is something like what we have here. Conversation only.
[Paranoia, privacy, and a haunted past brought closer to the surface by the things in this town all make him a little extra-cautious. Now that he knows Clayton isn't dying or anything, he's already leaning toward backing out of this entirely and just carrying him while the other two talk in their minds all they like, but he's willing to continue if it's simply an alternative to the network while one of them isn't all that present in his physical body.
And if the answer says only that, sure, he'll bend down low enough to allow it. He can trust just that much, for now.]
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Only if the result is something like what we have here. Conversation only.
[Paranoia, privacy, and a haunted past brought closer to the surface by the things in this town all make him a little extra-cautious. Now that he knows Clayton isn't dying or anything, he's already leaning toward backing out of this entirely and just carrying him while the other two talk in their minds all they like, but he's willing to continue if it's simply an alternative to the network while one of them isn't all that present in his physical body.
And if the answer says only that, sure, he'll bend down low enough to allow it. He can trust just that much, for now.]