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[liberalum]

[ Dorian smiles at him. It's not a particularly nice smile, save for in a strictly aesthetic sense. ]

If wishes were sovereigns.

[altusimperius]

We'd all be millionaires.

[Said grimly, but with a smirk in return.]

So, that's that.

[liberalum]

Is it?

[ Page flip. ]

Perhaps so. Perhaps if you allow it to be.

[altusimperius]

I can't undo what's been done, much as I might wish it.

[He looks up.]

...but I have a future. One I don't intend to squander.

[liberalum]

The future's no guarantee at all, you'll find. The present moment tends to make all the difference.

So when I ask you if you're a spy or a turncoat, you'll say--

[altusimperius]

I'm not.