"Although I am not unwilling to wait for you to scribe this, I suspect that reading it so would limit the ability for us to discuss matters."
A beat of silence.
"If you insist on surrounding us with salt water, we can find a way to do so. If you prefer me to create a ward with water, I can do that as well. The ward I had intended to create prevents eavesdropping; no sound can pass within or without, and certain weaves that allow others to listen at a distance cannot be so used within such a shield."
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"Although I am not unwilling to wait for you to scribe this, I suspect that reading it so would limit the ability for us to discuss matters."
A beat of silence.
"If you insist on surrounding us with salt water, we can find a way to do so. If you prefer me to create a ward with water, I can do that as well. The ward I had intended to create prevents eavesdropping; no sound can pass within or without, and certain weaves that allow others to listen at a distance cannot be so used within such a shield."
She waits, then, for Harrow to make her decision.