"I wonder what would happen if you politely invited Mark to get lunch with someone in your employ every now and again. If it didn't result in hysterical laughter and radio silence, it would give you a similar idea of how far away he is at any given time and be much less hostile, and I'm not remotely sure that he'd turn you down, especially if he got to control anything about the schedule or his lunchmate."
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Date: 2014-11-07 04:39 am (UTC)"I wonder what would happen if you politely invited Mark to get lunch with someone in your employ every now and again. If it didn't result in hysterical laughter and radio silence, it would give you a similar idea of how far away he is at any given time and be much less hostile, and I'm not remotely sure that he'd turn you down, especially if he got to control anything about the schedule or his lunchmate."