You must not feel too poorly— perhaps you are not slipping; perhaps I am getting better.
[ Exaggeratedly batted eyelashes, her self-satisfaction every bit as playful as his wince.
But he is right. She is neither breaking glasses nor sending assassins, and so if it were anything it would be much as a sparring match between friends.
And he is right, too, that she wouldn't answer. Those thoughts are Byerly's to speak... and hers to unrelentingly stick Bastien in the back like an uncomfortable chair over until he gets up to find out for himself.
So instead, the crystal. A quick twist, and to it: ]
On— Lady Alexandrie de la Fontaine, [ pause, ] Lady Sonia Barra, Lady Sidony Venaras.
[ She looks at him, mirthfully aggrieved. ]
Really the sending crystals have a shameful disrespect for the bonds of marriage—
no subject
[ Exaggeratedly batted eyelashes, her self-satisfaction every bit as playful as his wince.
But he is right. She is neither breaking glasses nor sending assassins, and so if it were anything it would be much as a sparring match between friends.
And he is right, too, that she wouldn't answer. Those thoughts are Byerly's to speak... and hers to unrelentingly stick Bastien in the back like an uncomfortable chair over until he gets up to find out for himself.
So instead, the crystal. A quick twist, and to it: ]
On— Lady Alexandrie de la Fontaine, [ pause, ] Lady Sonia Barra, Lady Sidony Venaras.
[ She looks at him, mirthfully aggrieved. ]
Really the sending crystals have a shameful disrespect for the bonds of marriage—
( continued here )