on getting dusted off, and how.

[condign]

It's... an ugly habit, I'm told - failing to explain yourself. It suggests condescension. Unkindness. A lack of the capacity to learn.

Or should I be taking hope? From you. From this. From... little talking bees, no, of all the curses to bear, I won't have that one. Even I - refuse.

... Learn me this, at the least: stray bees deserve nothing but swatting.