It doesn’t show; it shows clean through: Features arrange into faint curiousity, fingers tense against the latch. Still beneath lamplight. For half a second he might excuse himself, No, this is Anders, I’ll just go fetch him for you —
He shuts the door, sets down a box. It croaks. ]
My lady, [ Isaac hasn’t written any merchants, wrote only two by Montsimmard.] You’ve the advantage of me. I regret we’ve not been evenly introduced.
[ If it's groveling again, he’d sooner know to whom. The family resemblance is passing enough to pass for something altogether different. He’d written more than one missive. Regrets that nearly so much as their subsequent neglect.
They'll shoot the messenger, he’d thought to tell Matthias, and they've sent someone nearly so young. If the matter demands attention, they've esteemed it (him) little enough to afford a practice round. A cat with a mouse.
Certain outcomes predetermined.
He thinks all this rather than think about the man on the wall. Acknowledging his presence would be a faux pas until pressed. This remains Isaac's territory, and a scuffle here would be unnecessary. There's a whole city to break his knees in. ]
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It doesn’t show; it shows clean through: Features arrange into faint curiousity, fingers tense against the latch. Still beneath lamplight. For half a second he might excuse himself, No, this is Anders, I’ll just go fetch him for you —
He shuts the door, sets down a box. It croaks. ]
My lady, [ Isaac hasn’t written any merchants, wrote only two by Montsimmard.] You’ve the advantage of me. I regret we’ve not been evenly introduced.
[ If it's groveling again, he’d sooner know to whom. The family resemblance is passing enough to pass for something altogether different. He’d written more than one missive. Regrets that nearly so much as their subsequent neglect.
They'll shoot the messenger, he’d thought to tell Matthias, and they've sent someone nearly so young. If the matter demands attention, they've esteemed it (him) little enough to afford a practice round. A cat with a mouse.
Certain outcomes predetermined.
He thinks all this rather than think about the man on the wall. Acknowledging his presence would be a faux pas until pressed. This remains Isaac's territory, and a scuffle here would be unnecessary. There's a whole city to break his knees in. ]