"Ione, I understand better what you were trying to do, when you asked Keltham that question about whether the birds thing was Conspiracy-revealing, I think a bit better of it now, than I did right then.  But I do not trust that you've got an alter-Ione - thing Taldane doesn't have a word for - that shows no traces or hints of the real Cheliax, and until we've had time to go over that with you on Cunning, Wisdom, and Splendour simultaneously, I think you wait to seduce Keltham a little later."

"I propose, and this is me being clever because I again don't think we have a choice, that we're all in shock about our salary increases, and a little more hesitant about our new boss than before, at least for today, and Carissa is the one who's just taking it all in stride and being around Keltham all the same.  If that gives away a quarter of a 2 on Conspiracy, we're just going to have to take that hit, because we can lose so much faster if anything complicated happens before we're readier than this."

"Ione, I understand better what you were trying to do, when you asked Keltham that question about whether the birds thing was Conspiracy-revealing, I think a bit better of it now, than I did right then.  But I do not trust that you've got an alter-Ione - thing Taldane doesn't have a word for - that shows no traces or hints of the real Cheliax, and until we've had time to go over that with you on Cunning, Wisdom, and Splendour simultaneously, I think you wait to seduce Keltham a little later."

"I propose, and this is me being clever because I again don't think we have a choice, that we're all in shock about our salary increases, and a little more hesitant about our new boss than before, at least for today, and Carissa is the one who's just taking it all in stride and being around Keltham all the same.  If that gives away a quarter of a 2 on Conspiracy, we just have to take that hit, because we can lose so much faster if anything complicated happens before we're readier than this."