...right.  Maillol really hopes that going around talking about "extrapolating equilibriums where" instead of just "figure out how things work if" is meaningful, specific to this case, and not, when you start saying it, a sign of increasing Kelthamization.

"I need your opinion on when Cheliax will gain more than it loses from resuming extraction of information from Keltham, given that your thought transcripts suggest genuine and not simply posed concern about his ability to recover from the shock.  We could find a spare room within the Palace's Forbiddance for lessons, but not if we're eating our seed grain by doing that."

...right.  Maillol really hopes that going around talking about "extrapolating equilibriums where" instead of just "figure out how things work if" is meaningful, specific to this case, and not, when you start saying it, a sign of increasing Kelthamization.

"Give me your current best guess about when Cheliax will gain more than it loses from resuming extraction of information from Keltham, given that your thought transcripts suggest genuine and not simply posed concern about his ability to recover from the shock.  We could find a spare room within the Palace's Forbiddance for lessons, but not if we're eating our seed grain by doing that.  The actual call will remain yours after further observation of Keltham."

...right.  Maillol really hopes that going around saying "extrapolate the equilibrium where" instead of just "figure out how things work if" is meaningful and important and not, when you start saying it, a sign of increasing Kelthamization.

"Give me your current best guess about when Cheliax will gain more than it loses from resuming extraction of information from Keltham, given that your thought transcripts suggest genuine and not simply posed concern about his ability to recover from the shock.  We could find a spare room within the Palace's Forbiddance for lessons, but not if we're eating our seed grain by doing that.  The actual call will remain yours after further observation of Keltham."