[Intercom]
[The voice, interestingly enough, is familiar to him. A smile curls across his face the moment she begins to speak. She had dropped off the books without a word, before. He turns his head toward the tiny speaker.]
Rather invested in my pleasure, aren't you? [He pulls his legs up onto the bed, where he sits, looking thin and wan in his loose tunic and trousers. He is startlingly thin with the armor taken away.] So far, I have most enjoyed the breaks between chapters.