Hey. [He’s pleased to hear Lestat’s voice. His own is rough, the normally soft cadence carrying an edge of gargled rocks.] I’m sorry I didn’t send you a message directly. Made a post on the network telling people I was tolling, but Malcolm mentioned you’d been told, so—

[a pause and a cough]

It’s terrible, but it’s also my fourth time. Third and a half. So nothing surprising.