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[thatsmyyogurt]

I guess I should get this out of the way.

My name is Michael. I used to be a spy.


[Now will this thing leave him alone? Just a little?]

((ooc: follow-up to this post))

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[thatsmyyogurt]

It seems to do that pretty regularly.

[cravats]

Yes. I imagine that's not a pleasant thought in your line of work, is it?

[thatsmyyogurt]

I don't think it's a pleasant thought for anybody.

[cravats]

People do tend to be fond of their secrets.

[thatsmyyogurt]

Or just like to keep their lives off the internet.

[cravats]

Which is entirely understandable. This community is a fascinating thing, but capable of great harm as well as great good, I think.

[thatsmyyogurt]

I'd say so.

[cravats]

I hope it will be more thoughtful when it comes to your need for privacy in the future.

[thatsmyyogurt]

I hope so.

[He doesn't think it will happen. But hey, maybe it actually has what it wants now and he'll be fine.]

[cravats]

Though of course since you are only formerly a spy, your needs may have lessened in that respect.

[Ahaha, he doesn't believe Michael is formerly at all. But don't mind him.]

[thatsmyyogurt]

They have, yeah.

[Look, he has no agency, therefore he is not currently a spy. All the...spy-like antics do not count. True fact.
Unlike his statement, which is a baldfaced lie.]

[cravats]

That must be so pleasant. I hear spying is a very taxing job.

[Close enough for Lyall's purposes. What happened on the ship did not look like it would be leading to Michael being formerly anything except possibly formerly alive anytime soon.]

[thatsmyyogurt]

It's nice to relax and spend time with family.

[Hahahaha the idea of Michael relaxing.
At least what happened on the ship led to him being formerly employed by the organization that burned him. ..."Employed" here meaning "blackmailed and threatened into doing things." They didn't really get along.]

[cravats]

It is, isn't it? I do hope you're having a lovely time.

[That doesn't sound pleasant at all, no. Lyall wishes him all the best in his new lack of employment.]

[thatsmyyogurt]

Oh, definitely.

[Unfortunately lack of employment means lack of people stopping the police from looking into all those explosions. But hey, he can deal with it.]

[cravats]

I'm so glad.

[Well, if one must create explosions...]

[thatsmyyogurt]

Thanks.

[Yeah he doesn't believe that Lyall is buying any of this.
Sometimes explosions are just so useful.]

[cravats]

You have my best wishes, of course.

[Clever, because Lyall definitely isn't. And, well, the occasional usefulness of explosions is difficult to deny...]

[thatsmyyogurt]

They're appreciated.