[ another silence follows, radiant with dislike of an entirely different kind.
(it's one thing to make plain his own tastes and standards, another to have them known -- and a separate dimension entirely for aventurine to assemble them like cards to a hand.
azidoazide azide, he thinks, because a petty corporate gambler isn't worth profanity or a chemically accurate insult.)
outwardly, what registers: the tick of his brows, a dour little hook at one corner of his mouth as his head tips in thought. ]
A point to your opponent if your chosen participant leaves unmatched.
no subject
(it's one thing to make plain his own tastes and standards, another to have them known -- and a separate dimension entirely for aventurine to assemble them like cards to a hand.
azidoazide azide, he thinks, because a petty corporate gambler isn't worth profanity or a chemically accurate insult.)
outwardly, what registers: the tick of his brows, a dour little hook at one corner of his mouth as his head tips in thought. ]
A point to your opponent if your chosen participant leaves unmatched.