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[ Someone's back sooner than expected. Clearly: Because Silco's still flipping through Theon's commlink when he returns to the dorms. He looks up, briefly surprised —

Aaand it's gone. Mild: ]

You've hardly used this.

[ Theon’s commlink is next to empty. He went as far as to set up an ID for himself (“greyjoy”, of course), and abandoned it shortly afterwards. There are no messages beyond the one Aki sent, no notes or photographs, and he hasn’t even tried to listen to Bono. No wonder he’s so miserable.

That doesn’t stop him from being annoyed that someone has been rifling through his bunk. At least in Winterfell, he was allotted a little privacy. ]

I'm shocked. How would I have ever known without you here to tell me?

I suppose I might have left a note,

[ Dry. He gestures with the commlink, belatedly passes it over. ]

Clever of you to leave it. They're watched.

[ He didn’t leave the commlink under the assumption that it was being watched. Though he trusts literally nothing about it already, so he may as well add that to the list as well. ]

How so?

[ Do they watch you through the device, or just monitor your messages? He'd love to know how little to use it. ]

Do you look at this thing?

[ His response does indeed come late. Aki told him to keep his commlink on him to open doors, but that doesn't mean he has to use it for any other reason.

BUT SINCE YOU'RE ASKING, CLAIRE... ]

No.

You're funny, Theon.

[In a very bratty sort of way.]

Did you want something, or did you just want to confirm I have this on me?

[ He hasn't forgotten Silco telling him that the commlinks are bugged. It leaves him paranoid--or more paranoid than usual. ]