[ A short breath out has a tone of mirth to it, along with the smoke, as to whether Marcus would like Anders. He shouldn't laugh, considering the somewhat lukewarm things his partners have had to say about the man, but there is within him the stubborn refusal to dislike a person he would identify as a hero.
Did you read his work? he might ask. Instead, he snags on something else. ]
What do you mean?
[ Bastien may not necessarily be one of those people who live in insinuation and equivocation so much that such a question would knock him off balance, but it's a question Marcus has grown more than accustomed to asking, with certain kinds of people. ]
no subject
Did you read his work? he might ask. Instead, he snags on something else. ]
What do you mean?
[ Bastien may not necessarily be one of those people who live in insinuation and equivocation so much that such a question would knock him off balance, but it's a question Marcus has grown more than accustomed to asking, with certain kinds of people. ]