( ...fine. Fine with that, he supposes. Not the one typically asked. He is — slow to nod, to agree it, as if the young gentleman might swiftly change his mind and deliver him hurt any moment now. Any moment, just wait.
Only, he doesn't. They linger by each other, the Lumberjack stealing tentative, cutting glances, and taking every precaution to barely move at all. )
You can call me what you like. It's fine. All fine. I'm fine. ( He isn't, is he? Fine. ) I've... been with the ladies a year now. I'm — Jack? Jack. I'm... you came to them? Recently? In recent days.
( Must have been, if the gentleman is here, now. )
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( ...fine. Fine with that, he supposes. Not the one typically asked. He is — slow to nod, to agree it, as if the young gentleman might swiftly change his mind and deliver him hurt any moment now. Any moment, just wait.
Only, he doesn't. They linger by each other, the Lumberjack stealing tentative, cutting glances, and taking every precaution to barely move at all. )
You can call me what you like. It's fine. All fine. I'm fine. ( He isn't, is he? Fine. ) I've... been with the ladies a year now. I'm — Jack? Jack. I'm... you came to them? Recently? In recent days.
( Must have been, if the gentleman is here, now. )