[That he was more accurate than anticipated does chill Hubert a little, especially since that observation had been originally inspired by Thales. What a horrible irony that must be for her, too, now that she knew who he was.]
[But the chill gives that creeping paranoia under his skin an opening. Everything lines up, and it's heartening to hear of her allegiance described that way, but...]
And if that is the case, who does that make you now?
[Was his "professor" that other person? Were those glimpses of her real self? Would he have to learn her all over again? More variables, more unknowns, at the last time he needed them.]
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[But the chill gives that creeping paranoia under his skin an opening. Everything lines up, and it's heartening to hear of her allegiance described that way, but...]
And if that is the case, who does that make you now?
[Was his "professor" that other person? Were those glimpses of her real self? Would he have to learn her all over again? More variables, more unknowns, at the last time he needed them.]