[They've played this game before, in variations — usually when the House has brought Tseng's suit into play, or driven passions high in some other manner. This one is a new and compelling twist: doing it just because they feel like it, when the authority in Tseng's words is so familiar but his own decisions about balancing pushing back and giving way are novel ones.]
Do you want me to? Or would you like it better if I didn't?
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Do you want me to? Or would you like it better if I didn't?