There's less Security running fewer Detect Thoughts today, as they catch up on their own downtime, but lunch is a good time to scan everyone again; Security reports to Sevar that Peranza's mind is obsessing about that thing the Queen said about torturing people until they start having thoughts again.  In, uh, a way that this particular Security finds somewhat reminiscent of that earlier thing with, uh, being turned into a statue, which he absolutely does not mean any insult to the Chosen by observing, but he has seen Sevar thinking at all about some things and is resigned to being a statue for a few decades after his own death and possibly they all don't want Peranza to fall in love with the Queen or... whatever it is that tropes do.

There's less Security running fewer Detect Thoughts today, as they catch up on their own downtime, but lunch is a good time to scan everyone again; Security reports to Sevar that Peranza's mind is obsessing about that thing the Queen said about torturing people until they start having thoughts again.  In, uh, a way that this particular Security finds somewhat reminiscent of that earlier thing with, uh, being turned into a statue, which he absolutely does not mean any insult to the Chosen by observing, but he has seen Sevar thinking at all about some things and is resigned to being a statue for a few decades after his own death and possibly someone doesn't want Peranza to fall in love with the Queen or... whatever it is that tropes do.

There's less Security running fewer Detect Thoughts today, as they catch up on their own downtime, but lunch is a good time to scan everyone again; Security reports to Sevar that Peranza's mind is obsessing about that thing the Queen said about torturing people until they start having thoughts again.  In a way that this particular Security finds somewhat reminiscent of that earlier thing with being turned into a statue, which he absolutely does not mean any insult to the Chosen by observing, but he has seen Sevar thinking at all about some things and is resigned to being a statue for a few decades after his own death and possibly someone doesn't want Peranza to fall in love with the Queen or... whatever it is that tropes do.