( his dainty victorian sensibilities will never recover from this.
but in truth, even his own answer is built more on rhetoric than experience, his definitive lack of personal relationships leaving him to intuit what he might and might not like based solely on observation. and the select few fiction novels he's perused through over the years.
it's wise that coqueliac does in fact cut him off; already he is opening his mouth once more to answer her question most seriously. the new question has him pausing, mouth closing shut as he blinks once more.
dress up....? in what sense? do most people not dress down when retiring for the evening? )
I suppose I could put on a few more layers, if that is what my partner preferred.
( that is what she is referring to, yes? the uncertainty to his voice speaks volumes. )
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but in truth, even his own answer is built more on rhetoric than experience, his definitive lack of personal relationships leaving him to intuit what he might and might not like based solely on observation. and the select few fiction novels he's perused through over the years.
it's wise that coqueliac does in fact cut him off; already he is opening his mouth once more to answer her question most seriously. the new question has him pausing, mouth closing shut as he blinks once more.
dress up....? in what sense? do most people not dress down when retiring for the evening? )
I suppose I could put on a few more layers, if that is what my partner preferred.
( that is what she is referring to, yes? the uncertainty to his voice speaks volumes. )