[They are just two regular men, sitting primly in this seating area that was clearly designed for appearances rather than lounging anyway. Do either of them even know how to lounge? Debatable.

Liem’s mouth thins slightly when D reveals the dirt he’s got on him. “An incident,” he says, which could still refer to just about anything, but Liem supposes it doesn’t really matter. If he’s going to explain, he should be thorough anyway.]

I assume by “what happened” you’re referring to the interaction I had with him in the greenhouse.

[Surely D would not be asking Liem about the details that led to Gen getting thrown in jail. It doesn’t get much more straightforward than being arrested for attacking an unarmed man during an attempted apology, which Liem could hardly be expected to bear blame for.]

I can tell you about that first, if you like. I made… a number of decisions during the latter half of the Oracle trial that I should not have, but that was the first.

It was right after I had attended the revel thrown by the local fey. [Actually, that was probably the first of his bad decisions.] I contacted Gen over communion to let him know that I had found a shard that belonged to him. Ah— but I was a little bit coy about it. At the time, I think, I wanted to see how he would react.