Prompt: What do you mean, "sort of"?
“I mean,” Verso tilted his head as he spoke, rising a hand to rub at the back of his neck awkwardly as he thought carefully about what he wanted to say, just how much information he wanted to divulge and how much he could. “You know I’m from Lumière, I lived in the city before the fracture and I’ve been friends with Esquie for a long time so I’ve just… Gone back, a few times? Every few years.” He grimaced. “I might have seen you around the city a few times over the years, but kept out of sight enough to keep my presence unknown. Would stop by the dome generator, make sure it was still running properly. Check in on the descendants of old friends, that sort of thing, y’know?”
He looked down at his lap, pointedly avoiding eye contact with the engineer. “So yeah, sort of familiar with your work. More than I previously let on…”
