[Ariadne could hear that frustration and she clenched her jaw, allowing herself to become a sort of conduit for it. He had every right to be frustrated with her, but she kept in mind that his sentences had to be clipped because of the flood. She'd already heard the "holy" before and part of the "ba-" but hadn't made the connection yet. Still, her curiosity remained underneath her own issues.]

Ar--- [she'd been about to say that Arthur had had two disappear on him but caught herself.] Do you think it was a coincidence?

[She certainly didn't, but the architect wanted to hear his opinion first.]