[That earns an amused smile. Charles is grateful for the levity. Not as someone who appreciates levity (he doesn't, usually, when it often feels to him like a deflection, or distraction from deeper or important matters) but in this case, it's characteristic of the other man. It's a comfortable prod at a return to well-tread common ground between them, and that's what he takes it as.]
Are there deep, dark secrets I ought to prepare myself for? [It's meant to be a joke, but coming from him, no doubt could sound like a serious question.]
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Are there deep, dark secrets I ought to prepare myself for? [It's meant to be a joke, but coming from him, no doubt could sound like a serious question.]