( ...this. Situation. Is escalating by the second, propelled not by danger or intrigue or conspiracy, but by the earnest inevitability that the girl is dreadful at the very act of deceit she insisted on.
Far from Hector to judge or complain, but —
He visits a stern kick to her ankles, under the table. ) My thanks to my bodyguard for keeping me so appraised of these goings-on.
( Which of the boss of this interaction appears distinctly unwilling to let persist under his watch. But never mind that. Hector is smiling, the boss is waving away the instinctive impulse of his minions to step forward with steel and poison. This is fine. )
You see, I'm also a man of this world. And I understand it needs silver. I'd like to make some. ( The aforementioned smile deepens. ) I think we can help you, my bodyguard and I. I think we can help each other.
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Far from Hector to judge or complain, but —
He visits a stern kick to her ankles, under the table. ) My thanks to my bodyguard for keeping me so appraised of these goings-on.
( Which of the boss of this interaction appears distinctly unwilling to let persist under his watch. But never mind that. Hector is smiling, the boss is waving away the instinctive impulse of his minions to step forward with steel and poison. This is fine. )
You see, I'm also a man of this world. And I understand it needs silver. I'd like to make some. ( The aforementioned smile deepens. ) I think we can help you, my bodyguard and I. I think we can help each other.