[This isn't the first meeting Barrow has arranged, and it carries all his usual hallmarks: a plate of cookies, a decanter of decent whiskey. Creature comforts for uncomfortable conversations. It's bound to be at least slightly less awkward than the one he held with Flint and Rowntree, in part because there are people here who actually know how to talk like human beings, but otherwise Maker only knows what one can expect.]

So, [he clears his throat after everyone's settled in,] here we are. Had some news from over in Scouting, thought it useful to share.

[He nods amiably at Bastien. The floor is yours.]

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