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Well. I care rather less about the unregistered, for obvious reasons. I assume the other ambassadors are behind you?

You mean the other ambassador? Singular. Queen Lucy and I are the only two at the moment. It seems that Francis Urquhart has ported out. Which does bring me to another topic. When I asked Queen Lucy who she believed would make a good ambassador for Nonah, she was quick to bring up your name...

[ That was going to lead Mark into his next question - oh, is that so, and who are you planning to put in charge this time, Lord Baelish - and he even starts to type that before he reads that response. And he reads it again. And a third time, just to confirm it makes no sense. None. None at all. Because - what? What...Huh? What...Uh...That's...not...remotely...possible. For so many reasons. Not possible.

It's a full four minutes before he responds: ]

I think you've gotten confused. This is Mark texting you, not Miles.

There is no confusion, I assure you. Of course I, too, was confused by her bid for you.

[ Considering your history, goes unspoken. ]

Queen Lucy does not see things in matters of business and finance. But she seemed to believe you would be a great choice. I cannot say I disagree. Imagine how imPort finance would thrive with both of us at the helm.

[ What the fuck. What the fuck. What the fuck. He's startled enough to drop all his attempts at political doublespeak. Which he wasn't attempting too well to begin with. ]

But I give no shits about politics, aside from tax codes. And you're insane if you think anyone would vote for me.

Am I? You have the confidence of Queen Pevensie herself. And she has a very large base of friends.

Okay. But I still don't give a shit about politics. Or is that the quality you two are going for?

Likely the people who care less about politics will be able to do more within them.

I'm asking if you two are looking for a puppet.

Hardly. We are looking for a capable leader so as to avoid the potential embarrassment of having to share status with some little dog thing. You must admit, between the children who ran for De Chima and Komasan who ran for Maurtia Falls, there really should be tighter criteria surrounding who is allowed to run.

[ Hey don't be mean to Komasan, Komasan is great ]

What's the job actually like?

[ It's a dog. Possibly. ]

Boring, truth be told. When it isn't dangerous, that is. What with the attacks in Philadelphia or the other nonsense that happens regularly within our community. It's full of meetings, negotiations, paperwork. All things I'm certain you are used to as a businessman, my lord.

You're not exactly trying to sell it, are you?

I will never sell it by telling you what the job entails. But it is not the job itself that matters. It is the position it gives you, the contact with this world's government, and the chance to truly change things for the imPorts and your city if you can be persuasive enough.

Yeah...Except I don't really care about changing things for the imPorts and my city and all of that. I just care about the people I care about.

[ Translation, of course: his family. ]

What advantages are there for me and for them?

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