...part of him is apparently pretty scared here, if he updated that fast.

"Weird time-sensitive task!  Five books in five different non-Taldane languages from the Ostenso library, can you tell me their titles as soon as you know them?"  That gives them less time to run a search while she's in the bathroom.

He didn't consider this exact possibility.  Call it 2 bits for Conspiracy; not great, but fine if the rest of his day doesn't go like this.

...part of him is apparently pretty scared here, if he updated that fast.

"Weird time-sensitive task!  Five books in five different non-Taldane languages from the Ostenso library, can you tell me their titles as soon as you know them?"  That gives them less time to run a search while she's in the bathroom.

He didn't consider this exact possibility.  Call it 2 bits for mindreading!Conspiracy... not great, but fine if the rest of his day doesn't go like this.

...part of him is apparently pretty scared here, if he emotionally-updated that fast.

"Weird time-sensitive task!  Five books in five different non-Taldane languages from the Ostenso library, can you tell me their titles as soon as you know them?"  That gives them less time to run a search while she's in the bathroom.

He didn't consider this exact possibility.  Call it 2 bits for mindreading!Conspiracy... not great, but fine if the rest of his day doesn't go like this.

...part of him is apparently pretty scared here, if he emotionally-updated that fast.

"Weird time-sensitive task!  Five books in five different non-Taldane languages from the Ostenso library, can you tell me their titles as soon as you know them, without borrowing them yet?"  That gives them less time to run a search while she's in the bathroom.

He didn't consider this exact possibility.  Call it 2 bits for mindreading!Conspiracy... not great, but fine if the rest of his day doesn't go like this.