Nina: “Hi Ian and Sarah, attached the manuscript (Paper_draft_5) with all your edits so far, and my attempt at the discussion.”
Sarah: “Good morning Nina! Ian and I have both been over your paper. It’s a good first draft but of course we’ve found lots of things to fiddle with! Please don’t despair when you first open it as the track changes look horrible.”
Nina: “Hello both, Thanks for the comments and suggestions. I'm in mild despair, but that's nothing new. “
Ian: “No need to despair! Indeed, I somewhat feel I owe you an apology for getting you into an area that is perhaps too far from your key interests. “
So apperently he knows he hurt me badly when he suggested we remove ALL the text I had written on soils...
