[ The information, he means. He's not interested in her feeling indebted to him because that's too much attachment for comfort, but he feels like this is a good way to clean the slate, to clear the ledger.
Her bartering is met with a placid turn of his heels, a slow walk towards a direction he hasn't taken yet. Standoffish, yes. Practical, also yes. ]
Kissing isn't something casual for me. Besides— [ 'I'm married' is on the tip of his tongue, but he quashes that again. Is he, really? He'll have to think about how he'll want to articulate this. ] —I told you, kisses aren't currency.
[ Good deflection, nerd. ]
I gave you something already, anyway. [ A wave of his hand, to indicate the headpat he gave her a few moments ago. ]
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[ The information, he means. He's not interested in her feeling indebted to him because that's too much attachment for comfort, but he feels like this is a good way to clean the slate, to clear the ledger.
Her bartering is met with a placid turn of his heels, a slow walk towards a direction he hasn't taken yet. Standoffish, yes. Practical, also yes. ]
Kissing isn't something casual for me. Besides— [ 'I'm married' is on the tip of his tongue, but he quashes that again. Is he, really? He'll have to think about how he'll want to articulate this. ] —I told you, kisses aren't currency.
[ Good deflection, nerd. ]
I gave you something already, anyway. [ A wave of his hand, to indicate the headpat he gave her a few moments ago. ]