[A more serious conversation, much like this one, naturally makes Ardyn shift from his default, flippant tone. Instead of filling her phone screen with flourishing words and the usual extra fluff, he's opting to be rather direct.
(The niggling of concern that already threatens to rise lends to this, too.)]
The midst of discovering it? [Latching onto her verbiage, as he's been trained to do.] Has this been happening for very long?
no subject
(The niggling of concern that already threatens to rise lends to this, too.)]
The midst of discovering it? [Latching onto her verbiage, as he's been trained to do.] Has this been happening for very long?
And "different" how?