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[briefly]

Let me start this by saying that I feel absolutely silly for having not thought of doing this a long, long time ago, but - well. That's obviously not longer the case. But I ought to get it out of the way anyhow.

[a breath.]

Katherine Stewart.

Marguerite Chadwick.

Stanley Chadwick.

Anthony Proud.

Delphine Gaudin.

Emilia Gorski-Grumley.

[With a little tension in her voice-] Julia Grumley.

[And after a pointed pause, exhaling again - this name is the hardest to say.] And Frederick Grumley.

I don't suppose anyone here has seen either of these people. Or - is any of these people? Who knows how long I've been here, but considering how long we've all been here, I... I thought it couldn't hurt to ask. If I'm here, chances are one of them might be, too. Not that it would be ideal, but I'd rather know about it.

[Read: she misses them. And she's worried about them. So there you have it.]

Thank you.

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[vivelavenir]

Poppy, then. Thank you.

That's wonderful to hear. I have never been to London, myself, but I've heard it is a great city with small, hidden places of warmth, much like Paris.

The... names you have listed? Friends and family, I suppose, also English?

pIt might help him to know, should he come across them.]

[briefly]

Well - both cities certainly have their charm. They're very different, but just as nice to be in, I think. Especially when you know what you're talking about with the locals.

[That aside-]

Yes. Most of them. Uhm - there's my sister, Marguerite, she's also half-French, obviously. And our mother, her name is Delphine Gaudin.

[vivelavenir]

Yes-- that must be something you are very savvy with? Multi-lingualism, I've found, is deeply important and not enough stressed. It's wonderful, that you speak the two. Do you speak any others?

[It is odd that her mother does not share her last name, but he does not mention it.]

Those are lovely names.

[briefly]

Just a little bit of this and that. Mostly European, since that's where I work. You pick things up when you work as a reporter, you know?