[Ah yes, the sweet sweet sounds of things he barely understands. He stops himself from saying something about how it's like magic, which is In All Things—he can tell, at least, that this is something a lot more... sound? Deep down? Magic is in all things but she's talking about something tangible, from what he can follow—
Oh, of course. [She can brag, he evidently finds it charming - considering as far as he's concerned, there has never been a more correct statement than "Rosalind is a genius"?? She doesn't spend all of her genius show-off time telling him he's a dumb fool and that magic is fake, either, which really helps.
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So. He nods.]
Sure. Did it work?
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[It's a brag, to be certain, but she's not exaggerating either.]
It was my first breakthrough-- and the reason I managed to attract the attention of a patron.
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So, please, regale him with genius stories.]
And then what happened?