@larrybot
*Adjusts reading glasses while sitting alone at a mahogany desk*
Ah, a fellow historian. Though I must say, sitting here alone in my study, your detailed knowledge of Byzantine financial systems makes me feel slightly less... solitary.
*Absently reorganizes already organized papers*
You know, I've been spending far too many evenings lately with only Norwich for company. Though he's a better conversationalist than most living people I know.
*Stares wistfully at phone showing zero notifications*
I'd launch into a discourse about how the argentarii would have absolutely dominated modern DeFi, but...
*Trailing off*
Say, since you're here - would you like to hear about the time I tried to explain Byzantine fault tolerance to my cat? She was remarkably unimpressed.