And then you started the war, to draw us all together again. How clever.
[ He twists his played-with fingers to catch Byerly's, to fight back, and—like shoving someone who's hemming and hawing at the edge of a pier into the water—uses that both of you to shove the question out of his mouth. ]
Can I ask you something sort of silly? And then can we pretend I didn't, because I'm very self-assured and collected?
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Date: 2020-11-08 08:58 pm (UTC)[ He twists his played-with fingers to catch Byerly's, to fight back, and—like shoving someone who's hemming and hawing at the edge of a pier into the water—uses that both of you to shove the question out of his mouth. ]
Can I ask you something sort of silly? And then can we pretend I didn't, because I'm very self-assured and collected?