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[ He's about to explain that no, he already knew that...
...and then he remembers the first time he became aware of being awake on Derse, at a ripe young age, and how he'd been so excited to interact with the locals like Umbra had always talked about doing on her Prospit, and how great it would be to meet people in person and he didn't care if they weren't human, Roxy got along with her carapacian neighbors just fine--
And then it had turned out that the Baroness's reach had extended even there, and he couldn't risk being found awake.