[ He rubs his cheek against it, like it's the height of luxury instead of a thin pallet intended for miserable prisoners of the dreadful Circle. Then, less facetiously: ]
And the latter, I suppose. It wasn't just what I did then, of course - Truthfully, it's probably less about screwing my way to a meal and more about what I've done since that. Screwing my way to that sensitive cache of letters, or that key rumor, or that bit of blackmail. But there's always this undercurrent of calculation, in the back of my head, where I'm thinking, what are the advantages here?
[ And he sneaks a look up at Bastien - nervous, uncertain. That's a nasty little thing to confess, after all. I'm thinking about what you can do for me. ]
no subject
[ He rubs his cheek against it, like it's the height of luxury instead of a thin pallet intended for miserable prisoners of the dreadful Circle. Then, less facetiously: ]
And the latter, I suppose. It wasn't just what I did then, of course - Truthfully, it's probably less about screwing my way to a meal and more about what I've done since that. Screwing my way to that sensitive cache of letters, or that key rumor, or that bit of blackmail. But there's always this undercurrent of calculation, in the back of my head, where I'm thinking, what are the advantages here?
[ And he sneaks a look up at Bastien - nervous, uncertain. That's a nasty little thing to confess, after all. I'm thinking about what you can do for me. ]