[ He doesn’t retreat any further into the room. Of course he would step aside if she wanted to come in—never mind the shirtsleeves, the bare feet, the mild disarray. But absent that desire, Bastien is happy enough to keep Alexandrie in the hallway, where he hasn’t been staring at the ceiling and thinking about Byerly’s terrible jungle breath. ]
When you come back I will tell you the story—not before—and we will play. So you must not be gone any longer than necessary.
But not any shorter than necessary, either. The story is not that exciting.
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[ He doesn’t retreat any further into the room. Of course he would step aside if she wanted to come in—never mind the shirtsleeves, the bare feet, the mild disarray. But absent that desire, Bastien is happy enough to keep Alexandrie in the hallway, where he hasn’t been staring at the ceiling and thinking about Byerly’s terrible jungle breath. ]
When you come back I will tell you the story—not before—and we will play. So you must not be gone any longer than necessary.
But not any shorter than necessary, either. The story is not that exciting.