That depended on the project, really. Three decades wasn't all that long, when you considered how some projects could be cultivated. Michael had been on the Garden Coast for centuries, after all.
"I haven't been there in a very long time," Gabriel said rather wistfully, and sang without pausing in his knotting: "'Fare thee well, sweet Anna Liffey; I can no longer stay. I watch the new glass cages that spring up along the quay. My mind's too full of memories, too old to hear new chimes; I'm part of what was Dublin in the rare auld times.' I really ought to visit again, when I leave here."
It wasn't much, or even very long, but the way Gabriel segued in and out of the quote was as natural as breathing. Almost as if Gabe could easily sing every word he spoke, because it would be instinct and passion, and simply chose not to. Even more notable was the fact that Gabriel didn't even seem to notice that he'd done anything that might be construed as odd. Instead he simply looked up and asked, "You travelled mostly for business, then? Where were your favourite places to go?"
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"I haven't been there in a very long time," Gabriel said rather wistfully, and sang without pausing in his knotting: "'Fare thee well, sweet Anna Liffey; I can no longer stay. I watch the new glass cages that spring up along the quay. My mind's too full of memories, too old to hear new chimes; I'm part of what was Dublin in the rare auld times.' I really ought to visit again, when I leave here."
It wasn't much, or even very long, but the way Gabriel segued in and out of the quote was as natural as breathing. Almost as if Gabe could easily sing every word he spoke, because it would be instinct and passion, and simply chose not to. Even more notable was the fact that Gabriel didn't even seem to notice that he'd done anything that might be construed as odd. Instead he simply looked up and asked, "You travelled mostly for business, then? Where were your favourite places to go?"