Re: AtD translation: You’re entangled

[Mike Jing]

Thanks for the reply, Mike.


On Tue, Apr 28, 2026 at 4:58 PM Mike Weaver <mike.weaver at zen.co.uk> wrote:

> Hi Mike,
>  From the context, in a relationship.
>
> cheers
> Mike
>
> On 28/04/2026 03:59, Mike Jing wrote:
> > P703.31-704.3   “Almost a charming reflex, Latewood, were it not so
> > predictable among your lot. Yes—to retreat, not for the first time, from
> > the dangerous polyphonies I must deal with daily to these single-note
> > brothel tunes—it’s the Turks I mean, with all their fabled equipment and
> so
> > forth. Exactly.”
> >
> >         “Hmm.” Cyprian gazed at the shadow-steeped operative. “You’re
> > entangled, aren’t you, or for the moment anyhow. It’s all right, I’m not
> > surprised, you are attractive in a battered sort of way.”
> >
> >         “Indeed. It’s why all the sodomitic case-files end up on my desk.
> > Oh, but”— shaking his head vigorously, as if out of a trance—“was I
> > complaining again? Frightfully sorry, sometimes it just comes as you’d
> say
> > spurting out like that—”
> >
> > What does "entangled" mean here exactly?
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