[Well. It is not an unreasonable proposition, though here she is doing some depressing math first in her head and then--] Might I just? [--taking back that top sheet so she might do that math on paper, a pen found somewhere from on her person (who can say where) and now scratching at the margins.]
I will need to discuss it with the solicitor and the offices of the Viscount. It is possible that there may be some arrangement that might be made to satisfy them. Perhaps taken as a lump sum, we might look at these lines all together and tackle them by a percentage. And naturally, I will have to see what can be done to put a certain appropriate and matching portion of the asset into Riftwatch's hands should something most unforseen and tragic occur with regard to my person. Perhaps...
[She sets the back of the pen against her lower lip, contemplating the new figure. It seems rather modest, and she has the nasty suspicion someone with a wax seal will find it rather wanting. But it will be better than no alternative whatsoever, she decides, and so finally returns the mark ups to him.]
Would that be more appropriate, do you think? It doesn't satisfy the single item thought exactly, but perhaps the spirit of the thing. And naturally there would be no commitment whatsoever. Only perhaps we might have the terms in writing. Just in case.
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Date: 2020-02-20 08:37 pm (UTC)[Well. It is not an unreasonable proposition, though here she is doing some depressing math first in her head and then--] Might I just? [--taking back that top sheet so she might do that math on paper, a pen found somewhere from on her person (who can say where) and now scratching at the margins.]
I will need to discuss it with the solicitor and the offices of the Viscount. It is possible that there may be some arrangement that might be made to satisfy them. Perhaps taken as a lump sum, we might look at these lines all together and tackle them by a percentage. And naturally, I will have to see what can be done to put a certain appropriate and matching portion of the asset into Riftwatch's hands should something most unforseen and tragic occur with regard to my person. Perhaps...
[She sets the back of the pen against her lower lip, contemplating the new figure. It seems rather modest, and she has the nasty suspicion someone with a wax seal will find it rather wanting. But it will be better than no alternative whatsoever, she decides, and so finally returns the mark ups to him.]
Would that be more appropriate, do you think? It doesn't satisfy the single item thought exactly, but perhaps the spirit of the thing. And naturally there would be no commitment whatsoever. Only perhaps we might have the terms in writing. Just in case.