[ Oh, Merlin. Severus probably should have expected this, but with everything else going on - Elizabeth just hasn't been something he's bothered to think of again.
It takes him a moment to respond, not because he's fretting on how to explain, but just to set his work aside and pick up his communicator properly. Nuala is one of the few people he'll use the voice function for. ]
It did not go well, [ is his opening remark, wry enough to imply that being an understatement but not flippant enough to be rude. ] No deception was intended by not giving you details.
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It takes him a moment to respond, not because he's fretting on how to explain, but just to set his work aside and pick up his communicator properly. Nuala is one of the few people he'll use the voice function for. ]
It did not go well, [ is his opening remark, wry enough to imply that being an understatement but not flippant enough to be rude. ] No deception was intended by not giving you details.