"Couldn't hurt to try," Benedict muses, relaxing out of his begging stance to look down at what he was working on before Julius entered-- and something occurs to him, causing him to sit straight back up again.
"I do need your counsel on something," he realizes, "or-- perhaps everyone's-- I'm not sure. Manfred, the ah. The professor's assistant. ...skeleton."
"Maker, what a question to have to deal with." Not, clearly, Benedict's fault. "I suppose with Volkarin present, there's not much to do unless he," it? deeply unclear, "misbehaves. I can't say I'm thrilled with an ambulatory spirit running around the Gallows on principle. Then again, we've had other situations I wasn't enthusiastic about in the past."
A brief shake of the head, but then an increased focus. "I didn't ask and I should: Has anyone complained? Or is it just the broader situation that you're asking about?" The latter still makes sense, but the former could mean the need for a different approach.
His smile broadening slightly at Julius' reaction, Benedict is pleased to commiserate on the matter.
"Not directly," he replies-- has anyone complained-- "but if startled reactions and looks askance in the Gallows are any indication, it's going to be an interesting time if the Professor tries to take him out into greater Kirkwall."
"I'll raise the point at the next Diplomacy meeting," Julius says, a tacit agreement. "I think it can be done; it's hardly the first time Riftwatch has leaned into its status as a novelty. But given the difference between Nevarra's approach to spirits and Kirkwall's, it is worth a quiet word about expectations and adjustments before an incident arises. At the same time, I don't want to single out Volkarin. We've had more potentially problematic agents before."
"He does," Julius agrees. "I don't think he'd purposely make someone uncomfortable without reason. And we've both been here long enough, perhaps we don't always remember what a culture shock Kirkwall can be."
Even if the particulars were different, given their backgrounds, Julius doesn't feel it's presumptuous to make the point.
"On the bright side, Kirkwall's had us here long enough that some amount of oddness can probably just be chalked up to ah, you know, Riftwatch, if it's handled well." Most people had gotten used to rifters, and that has taken years.
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Date: 2025-04-07 06:31 pm (UTC)"I do need your counsel on something," he realizes, "or-- perhaps everyone's-- I'm not sure. Manfred, the ah. The professor's assistant. ...skeleton."
His smile is something more like a grimace.
"How do we... what do we do with Manfred."
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Date: 2025-04-27 04:22 pm (UTC)A brief shake of the head, but then an increased focus. "I didn't ask and I should: Has anyone complained? Or is it just the broader situation that you're asking about?" The latter still makes sense, but the former could mean the need for a different approach.
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Date: 2025-04-28 06:44 pm (UTC)"Not directly," he replies-- has anyone complained-- "but if startled reactions and looks askance in the Gallows are any indication, it's going to be an interesting time if the Professor tries to take him out into greater Kirkwall."
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Date: 2025-05-05 03:47 am (UTC)A fair number of descriptors for Volkarin pass through his mind before he lands on, "kind."
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Date: 2025-05-09 11:30 pm (UTC)Even if the particulars were different, given their backgrounds, Julius doesn't feel it's presumptuous to make the point.
"On the bright side, Kirkwall's had us here long enough that some amount of oddness can probably just be chalked up to ah, you know, Riftwatch, if it's handled well." Most people had gotten used to rifters, and that has taken years.