Your commentary was always beautiful, even while it spoke harshly.

[Guy recognizes the poem immediately as something he's read a good many times. For on nights he thought of Julian back in London, he often picked up one of the poet's published collections. Works from Winter had always been a favoured one.]

I do like the idea of healthy intellectual conversation. It's been a bit lacking here.

[He doesn't introduce himself. He knows he doesn't have to.]