Ignited Minds.

[Omi]

"Likewise," quipped Lucie, taking a large gulp of her wine. "You're always far too serious, Ansel," she admonished, either unaware or willfully ignorant of the hypocrisy in that statement. "The stress will do your health harm if you don't mitigate it; although having said that, I suppose this break was your idea," she mused. "Normally I don't advocate laziness, but the opposite extreme is just as undesirable."

The Général drained her glass, and set about refilling it as she searched for something else to say. Small talk was not her forté, and for once she was sick of talking business.

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