Ford looked up at her with a thoughtful frown. This was... unexpected, but a much welcome change from the sorts of things he typically had to deal with regarding Barnaby Wye. "Oh," he said, tone relieved, though he still wasn't entirely sure he could trust it. This seemed almost a little too good to be true, and he hadn't entirely discounted the possibility that she may have had some alternative motive for her inquiry.

So it was with hesitation that he replied. "He's — well. Did you, ah, have something you wanted to ask particularly?"

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