[ Bastien’s first glance up at the darkened door is a who’s that check that turns friendly on recognition, lingers for a second in search of a sign that this is the Captain of the Watch looking for someone or something that is a problem, and returns to his desk with the assumption it’s not anything that concerns him.
But he’s listening and peripherally aware of the moment he becomes the only person left in here for Marcus to have any business with. He is preemptively setting his pen aside before Marcus asks anything.
In answer: ]
Flabbergasted,
[ He likes that one. But his pleased smile about his terrible joke is kept restrained by the knowledge that Marcus does not deserve nonsense and the possibility this may actually be very serious. Maybe someone is dead. ]
no subject
But he’s listening and peripherally aware of the moment he becomes the only person left in here for Marcus to have any business with. He is preemptively setting his pen aside before Marcus asks anything.
In answer: ]
Flabbergasted,
[ He likes that one. But his pleased smile about his terrible joke is kept restrained by the knowledge that Marcus does not deserve nonsense and the possibility this may actually be very serious. Maybe someone is dead. ]