[ Hard to beat those parrot charges when he's just repeating what she says. But he's a little amazed by how frankly she can say that, when it isn't like she seems interested in him at all, and it comes through in his tone. Was she always this frank about this kind of thing, or is she just desensitized by living here? He thinks of himself as fairly open, but is he going to wind up that blase? ]
Just for business, huh. The scavenger hunt is the one...
[ 'Where you get punished if you fail', but it occurs to him that if she went to the trouble of this whole setup, when she's speaking so heedlessly, maybe she doesn't want to be fussed over or pitied, so he tries to keep that out of his expression. ]
Fine. How do you want to do this?
[ Hopefully not by hexing his balls or something. Call him provincial but that just sounds weird. ]
no subject
[ Hard to beat those parrot charges when he's just repeating what she says. But he's a little amazed by how frankly she can say that, when it isn't like she seems interested in him at all, and it comes through in his tone. Was she always this frank about this kind of thing, or is she just desensitized by living here? He thinks of himself as fairly open, but is he going to wind up that blase? ]
Just for business, huh. The scavenger hunt is the one...
[ 'Where you get punished if you fail', but it occurs to him that if she went to the trouble of this whole setup, when she's speaking so heedlessly, maybe she doesn't want to be fussed over or pitied, so he tries to keep that out of his expression. ]
Fine. How do you want to do this?
[ Hopefully not by hexing his balls or something. Call him provincial but that just sounds weird. ]