Setting 20: 2315 DAY 21, Deling City, Caraway's Mansion B1

"Men are born ignorant, not stupid. They are made stupid by education."

-Russell, Bertrand

<What did I do now>? Specifically directed information interrogative and annoyance

<I want some answers from you, QyQy> Imperative directive, deliberate neglect, and gravity

<About>? Elliptical interrogative and dismissive boredom

<Explain all these outrageous energy expenditures on the logs> Imperative directive and suspicion

<...> Contempt

<Well>? Elliptical interrogative, tested tolerance, imbedded warning

<Am I supposed to say something>? Interrogative, smugness, and disinterest

<You are damned well aware>! Critical declaration, imbedded, imputed warning, and anger

<I have to put 'Caraway' through operations constantly because he keeps breaking out> Preplanned explanation, wishful thinking, declaration of self-exculpation

<At the cost of compromising the mission when you cause electrical shorts all over this city>? Derisive rhetorical question, implied, imputed warning, and intimated challenge

<This is the cost of controlling him for extended durations> Mitigating clarification, referential reminder, and steadiness

<The city is on alert> Declaration and hint directive

<This is the way it has to be> Stalwart declaration and exasperation

<...> Lingering suspicion

<My mission objectives from the Carrier are clear> Declaration of self-exculpation and bloated patriotism

<...> Uncertainty and discomfiture

<Are yours>? Elliptical interrogative, imbedded challenge, and skepticism

<Just what are you insinuating there>? Information interrogative and anger

<I think, FeFe, you are starting to develop a sympathy for them over the Clan> Derisive declaration and scorn

<I am just trying to rationalize everything> Defensive declaration and denial

<I know> Condescending declaration and false sympathy

<I know you know> Stalwart declaration and sudden annoynace

<Anyway, with the meticulous coverage you've provided over these years on 'Caraway,' I think I know how to run his office> Patronizing declaration, mock deference, and self-assured dismissal

<You'd have to with all the time you're putting into it without any overseer> Self-righteous retort, contemptuousness, and intimated challenge

<...> Indignance and annoyance

<...> Smugness and imbedded challenge

<Any news from the Archangel unit>? Mitigating concession, sudden interest, hint directive, and interrogative

<Nothing new> Complacent declaration

<No news is good news for you, I suppose> Calm declaration and latent affront

<...> Pause and frustration

<And the status of subject 'Ellone'>? Elliptical interrogative and mild curiosity

<She is as you left her> Calm declaration and patronizing reminder

<Excellent> Marked satisfaction

<So what is on the docket for today>? Casual interest

<Have you seen the digital recording for last night>? Rhetorical interrogative, hint directive, and high hopes

<I did not know there was one> Denial, interest, and dread

<Take a look for yourself> Imperative directive, smugness, and pleasure

<First tell me where you got this> Imperative directive and suspicion

<From one of our scouts who was monitoring the cliffs yesterday> Preplanned explanation and information declaration

<Oh>! Awareness, numbness, and shock

<...> Eager anticipation and giddiness

<So>? Elliptical interrogative, imbedded challenge, suppressed disdain, and dismissal

<It means more when taken in conjunction to this latest recording>

<It is real> Casual acknowledgement and internal revel

<Where did you get this>? Interrogative, numbness, and suspicion

<From one of our scouts who was monitoring the beach this morning> Preplanned explanation and information declaration

<Interesting> Passive declaration and internal conflict

<Now do you believe me when I say the entire race is depraved>? Interrogative, stalwart proposition, biased conclusion, and superiority

<You still cannot condemn the entire population for having one philanderer> Passive declaration, defiance

<Then I suppose their society finds it acceptable to be lying under two different women in two days' time while indebted to yet a third one>? Overly agreeable concurrence, brusquely feigned deference, condescension, and blatant sarcasm

<I am sure there is some explanation for this> Calm declaration

<If it needs explanation, then it is wrong> Didactic quotation, bias, and superciliousness

<You know that is not what I think> Denial, irritation, and patronizing reminder

<Are you willing to concede that he could have murdered comrade PuPu>? Stalwart declaration, self-assuredness, and accusation with finality

<The last recording from PuPu is ultimately not enough evidence to support that claim> Earnest opinion, hesitancy, and internal struggle

< Truth will declare itself soon enough> Didactic quotation, self-assuredness, and insinuation of stalwart conclusion

<...> Pause, uncertainty, and fruitlessness

<In the meantime, go secure 'Caraway' for another operation> Imperative directive and undaunted dismissal

<...> Pause and reluctance

<...> Obstinacy, anticipation, and implied, imputed challenge

<Fine> Grudgingly conceded accordance