( he can hear the breath she takes, the moment of consideration. the willingness to, having got what she wants, just hang up on him.

but. )

We know that it can be done to rifters. ( is remarkably more even than the last time they discussed his phylactery. ) I want to know if it can be done to an anchored Thedosian, or a rifter that's no longer got one.

( wysteria no longer has an anchor-shard. and gwenaëlle is the one doing the asking and the side-stepping of specific answers, so maybe it's obvious who the other person is going to be. )