Joyce took the notebook and wrote something again:
"2. CR: bara t.b. scttled, upgrdd, sold to CR, hel. t.b. sold to CR
3. joint repar: tbd by kugov, tosh. happy"
He joyfully put the notebook back and returned his attention to the tea, which had by now become lukewarm. "The pleasure was mine, Mr Toshinori. It is always a pleasure to exchange thoughts with a well-educated Kusarian, and look, it almost made me forgot about my gyokuro! As far as I am concerned, my job here is done for now and I must notify the Bretonian government of our progress. If you allow, I would like to finish my tea before I go, and I will not run away from some casual chatter to rest our minds before each of us goes back to work."