[ Bastien is less pretty for both the obvious, usual reasons and because he's climbed the stairs with both arms and a bulging shoulder-slung bag laden with papers and supplies and has been left lightly sweaty, with a few erstwhile curls of hair bending out of position and no free hand to force them back.
But he smiles easily, and he moves like he's not particularly overburned. He bends his knees and ducks his head, the faint whispered suggestion of a greeting bow, on his way to deposit his armfuls on top of the desk. ]
It's not a problem. If you need more room, I'm sure we can figure something out.
[ He glances around the room while he ducks his head out of the strap on his bag. ]
And don't worry, I'm not bringing the press. Even if we could squeeze it in, I would not make you suffer the smell.
( it is with a certain degree of ruefulness that she wiggles the bottle of amber liquid that she had a moment before set down: ) I would not presume to encroach upon you, particularly with such consideration being given to our senses.
( she has no idea what a printing press smells like, and is perfectly happy to take his word for it that she had rather not find out. though it does remind her of a thought she has had more than once: how useful to know a man with a printing press. that she has not yet had any use for it, in particular, makes that no less the case.
she settles into her desk chair, )
It will only be an adjustment to share our office with one who uses an office.
( which just sounds: true, not pointed. that she neglects to welcome him in specific is less that he is not welcome, and more a disinclination to frame his taking up his official space as something she has graciously shared with him. )
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But he smiles easily, and he moves like he's not particularly overburned. He bends his knees and ducks his head, the faint whispered suggestion of a greeting bow, on his way to deposit his armfuls on top of the desk. ]
It's not a problem. If you need more room, I'm sure we can figure something out.
[ He glances around the room while he ducks his head out of the strap on his bag. ]
And don't worry, I'm not bringing the press. Even if we could squeeze it in, I would not make you suffer the smell.
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( she has no idea what a printing press smells like, and is perfectly happy to take his word for it that she had rather not find out. though it does remind her of a thought she has had more than once: how useful to know a man with a printing press. that she has not yet had any use for it, in particular, makes that no less the case.
she settles into her desk chair, )
It will only be an adjustment to share our office with one who uses an office.
( which just sounds: true, not pointed. that she neglects to welcome him in specific is less that he is not welcome, and more a disinclination to frame his taking up his official space as something she has graciously shared with him. )