[It takes Hubert a good minute or two to reply, and another minute to hit 'send', but the message that comes through is simple enough.
Even so, if Cheria knows Hubert as well as she thinks she does, she'll easily realize it's his default answer for "I'm pretending like nothing is wrong"]
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Even so, if Cheria knows Hubert as well as she thinks she does, she'll easily realize it's his default answer for "I'm pretending like nothing is wrong"]
No, thank you. I'm fine.