[Just kidding about the hands in his pockets, now he's throwing them up in vindication.]
Thank you! Yes! That's what I'm saying, but people get such a bug up their ass about it. Fucking stupid. I don't know that it "brings me joy", but whatever, it works for me. I'm good at it.
[And both of them are lucky that he doesn't know what a courtesean is.
He shakes his head at her last statement, though. He'll choose "conniving power-hungry void of need" over "pretty fool" every time.]
If you had tried the pretty fool thing on me, I'd go back to hanging out with the fire-breathing lizard. Power hungry I get, with you chasing after that faerie nobility shit. Good for you. Conniving, I don't see, but maybe that's just because lying's off the table.
[She's not getting off the hook that easy, though. He makes a note to circle back.]
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Thank you! Yes! That's what I'm saying, but people get such a bug up their ass about it. Fucking stupid. I don't know that it "brings me joy", but whatever, it works for me. I'm good at it.
[And both of them are lucky that he doesn't know what a courtesean is.
He shakes his head at her last statement, though. He'll choose "conniving power-hungry void of need" over "pretty fool" every time.]
If you had tried the pretty fool thing on me, I'd go back to hanging out with the fire-breathing lizard. Power hungry I get, with you chasing after that faerie nobility shit. Good for you. Conniving, I don't see, but maybe that's just because lying's off the table.
[She's not getting off the hook that easy, though. He makes a note to circle back.]
So, "void of need". What's that about?