[It is, is the thing. The longest they've been separated since that blessed first two months after Jamil enrolled at NRC. But where Kalim's return to his life then had been stifling, here and now it's--
Nope. Jamil is allergic to having positive thoughts about Kalim.]
I'm impressed you're still alive, quite frankly.
[Still, his voice is softer than it might usually be when Kalim is getting on his nerves. And... Jamil can admit to himself that he's curious about how Kalim has been making it these past months, too.]
I see you managed to avoid the Empire entirely. [Well, he assumes, or he'd have thought Kalim would be executed for incompetence before he could be freed by the Corsairs.]
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Nope. Jamil is allergic to having positive thoughts about Kalim.]
I'm impressed you're still alive, quite frankly.
[Still, his voice is softer than it might usually be when Kalim is getting on his nerves. And... Jamil can admit to himself that he's curious about how Kalim has been making it these past months, too.]
I see you managed to avoid the Empire entirely. [Well, he assumes, or he'd have thought Kalim would be executed for incompetence before he could be freed by the Corsairs.]