[ Did he set himself up this way intentionally? Regardless of whether he has or hasn't, she can't help the impish smile that flickers brightly to her lips. ]
I find the best time to ask something of a man is when he is flat on his back.
[ Or perhaps fresh off his back, as it were, and she deflects that steel tone he takes as primly as if it were a flick of rain against the window. Amusing, indeed. What more do they have, at present?
Another sip of tea warms her silence for a long moment, as she considers his suspicion. In service to the crown, that is vague enough to be true in any corner of the galaxy. They are, all of them, always under someone's rule. A rule that may or may not be explicit, and governed by a monarch who may or may not see fit to be masked. She crosses her legs, returning to genuine curiosity. ]
What exploits of yours do you think so bedazzled them that they summoned you here? Criminal or heroic, or both?
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I find the best time to ask something of a man is when he is flat on his back.
[ Or perhaps fresh off his back, as it were, and she deflects that steel tone he takes as primly as if it were a flick of rain against the window. Amusing, indeed. What more do they have, at present?
Another sip of tea warms her silence for a long moment, as she considers his suspicion. In service to the crown, that is vague enough to be true in any corner of the galaxy. They are, all of them, always under someone's rule. A rule that may or may not be explicit, and governed by a monarch who may or may not see fit to be masked. She crosses her legs, returning to genuine curiosity. ]
What exploits of yours do you think so bedazzled them that they summoned you here? Criminal or heroic, or both?