What follows is a litany of statistics so boring that you're afraid you'll fall asleep and slide bonelessly out of your chair. "Is this what a party is?" Alex asks.
This one, evidently.
The rock vibrates in your hand. "I can see you're as bored as I am." Darcy's voice warbles like it's passed through water, but it's intelligible if you concentrate. It's also at her normal speaking level, which is shockingly loud in the quiet room. You look around the table but no one else reacts to Darcy speaking.
Darcy sets down the water she was pretending to drink so no one could see her lips move.
"Aha, the pattern is shaping air pressure so that only you hear Darcy," Alex says. "Quite clever."
Darcy created an artifact solely so the two of you could gossip during the President's talk?
Darcy lifts both her stone and her eyebrows. She's waiting for you to respond.