[Yeah, he's bad at not immediately cutting to the chase. Except when he's being a dick, and in this case, he's trying really, really hard not to.]
Interesting hypothesis. [It is, really, and while he's in no rush to have further encounters with that other Barge, he definitely is curious to know what will be different if they cross paths again. Which one will be different? Who will have made better progress? Will she spiral out of control on that other ship, or fight whatever warden she's assigned until she vanishes.
But.]
Although I wonder if it would be destructive to treat it as a true experiment.
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Interesting hypothesis. [It is, really, and while he's in no rush to have further encounters with that other Barge, he definitely is curious to know what will be different if they cross paths again. Which one will be different? Who will have made better progress? Will she spiral out of control on that other ship, or fight whatever warden she's assigned until she vanishes.
But.]
Although I wonder if it would be destructive to treat it as a true experiment.