[And if Anise's senses hadn't failed her, that's definitely one of his "I know something but I'm not telling" schticks. But despite her curiosity, she's still wary about asking too much in case he probes right back into her affairs.]
[Maybe she'll have to ask Ion later. Could he have an illicit love affair with the Professor that Dist was jealous about?]
[Her excitement is abruptly cut off when she once again remembers that the Professor is dead.]
You... [know she's dead, right, is what she's been about to ask, but reconsiders it at the last moment. Learning Ion was dead was the hardest thing she had to face. And maybe, because it's the Colonel, he knows already.]
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[Maybe she'll have to ask Ion later. Could he have an illicit love affair with the Professor that Dist was jealous about?]
[Her excitement is abruptly cut off when she once again remembers that the Professor is dead.]
You... [know she's dead, right, is what she's been about to ask, but reconsiders it at the last moment. Learning Ion was dead was the hardest thing she had to face. And maybe, because it's the Colonel, he knows already.]
Um, so! What else do you want to know?