( That's a lie, if not mostly than at least 50/50, because she has not carved away what she feels near as well as she'd like to, and her feelings have always informed what she does and who she is. It's... inconvenient, shall we say. )
I have work to get to. Goodbye, Alistair.
( Not a lie, but again - she had found a way to put it off and has sharply decided she has no interest in continuing to delegate things away if this is how thjngs will be. He can have his truth and some reprieve from her. That will do. )
no subject
( That's a lie, if not mostly than at least 50/50, because she has not carved away what she feels near as well as she'd like to, and her feelings have always informed what she does and who she is. It's... inconvenient, shall we say. )
I have work to get to. Goodbye, Alistair.
( Not a lie, but again - she had found a way to put it off and has sharply decided she has no interest in continuing to delegate things away if this is how thjngs will be. He can have his truth and some reprieve from her. That will do. )