The form takes him three nights. He writes the substance and Rab writes the language, and the two of them sit in a room with no window until one in the morning twice, and I am not invited to either session.

TamsinWhy will you not let me see it?

DeaconBecause if you see it you will tell me what is wrong with it out of kindness and I need it to be right, not kind.

RabHe also needs you to sign it without knowing what it says, which I have told him is the worst idea in this building, and he has told me that is the point.