De Foncé does sound familiar—Ness hums at the name, thinking on it with one ear kept to Stephen while he answers her question.
"Oh," she says suddenly, "the airship."
She looks back at Stephen, blinking a little, while she re-processes the past few seconds of interaction. She heard it all, and she did pay attention, but it probably sounds like she didn't. Oops.
"I was just thinking of where I knew that name from, it was, the airship plans—a spirit impersonated you?"
See, she was paying attention! Enough to notice the fondness on Captain Baudin's mention, too, a mirror to Gwenaëlle's fondness for him—but that's stashed away for later addition to the personal notes. Head Healer and Captain of the Watch, hmm, Ness could see it. She wouldn't put money on it yet, but the puzzle is coming together.
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De Foncé does sound familiar—Ness hums at the name, thinking on it with one ear kept to Stephen while he answers her question.
"Oh," she says suddenly, "the airship."
She looks back at Stephen, blinking a little, while she re-processes the past few seconds of interaction. She heard it all, and she did pay attention, but it probably sounds like she didn't. Oops.
"I was just thinking of where I knew that name from, it was, the airship plans—a spirit impersonated you?"
See, she was paying attention! Enough to notice the fondness on Captain Baudin's mention, too, a mirror to Gwenaëlle's fondness for him—but that's stashed away for later addition to the personal notes. Head Healer and Captain of the Watch, hmm, Ness could see it. She wouldn't put money on it yet, but the puzzle is coming together.