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[he saw her name on the list of incoming arrivals he receives regularly, so he isn't surprised as much as thoughtful to hear her voice]
[from one prison to another; so she was in a prison immediately previous, which would then have to be when she was imprisoned by Britannia during the conflict in the Chinese Federation -- or by himself, since he'd planned to arrest everyone after his victory, as part of the grand finale of his Requiem. that would be a terrible thing to be her last memory: not only would she be unlikely to support him, she would be unlikely to stop fighting him with every ounce of strength she had]