02-25-2016, 03:14 PM
"But not everyone joins a Chantry, it sounds like."
Margot had been quiet up until that point. Speech swung like a pendulum between the apprentices, so while one asked many questions the other was content to listen. It was a good assumption to make, that they had very similar questions.
Every so often the pendulum had to swing back, though.
"I expect you don't really know what you're getting into with one until you've already signed on and seen how the gears move and fit together on the inside-- behind the clock's face. And by then you've already signed the membership waiver." The wine glass that Margot had been holding was, at last, relinquished and set to rest on the table. Now she was free to straighten her cardigan and fold her arms in front of her chest.
"It's easy to get swept away in the paranoia, once the blindfold's off."
Margot had been quiet up until that point. Speech swung like a pendulum between the apprentices, so while one asked many questions the other was content to listen. It was a good assumption to make, that they had very similar questions.
Every so often the pendulum had to swing back, though.
"I expect you don't really know what you're getting into with one until you've already signed on and seen how the gears move and fit together on the inside-- behind the clock's face. And by then you've already signed the membership waiver." The wine glass that Margot had been holding was, at last, relinquished and set to rest on the table. Now she was free to straighten her cardigan and fold her arms in front of her chest.
"It's easy to get swept away in the paranoia, once the blindfold's off."