Theun has letters for the rest of Philly - all four still alive - and gets the shield holder he's owed in what none of them is quite gauche enough to admit is a trade. They pretend to be uncomplicatedly thankful, and he pretends to be uncomplicatedly happy to arrange it.
That over with, he wanders some. Is there anyone from Boston circulating?
"Interesting. Might have produced a crop of peers I'd much prefer to the ones I have, if Philly did the same. But we were pretty much just trained as individuals." Particularly him, but no reason to emphasize that, she seems like she'd disapprove.
"I really like how we did it, but of course if they couldn't do it such that we liked it it would have been a terrible idea."
"Probably true. Well, pleasure meeting you. See you around? In the reading room, if nothing else."
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