[ then he'll be glad to know rideaux had no intention of paying for anything of his but that last shot.
that response to his question, while he imagines it's just an extension of their usual playful hostility toward one another rather than a genuine slight, still pisses him off. duval had had few enough high-class establishments that it hadn't been much of an issue there, but he still remembers those places in trigleph that had denied him entrance when he had taken on job requests there as a child. the former owner of the inn at the harbor in particular... it had been immensely satisfying to find him among the injured victims of a derailed train years later and pass him by to tend to other passengers. he used a folded-up copy of the obituary as a bookmark for years. ]
I'm sure I have no idea what you're getting at.
[ with the credits deducted from his account, he rises from his seat and smooths his hair. ]
But if that's what you prefer, I'm more than happy to lead the way.
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that response to his question, while he imagines it's just an extension of their usual playful hostility toward one another rather than a genuine slight, still pisses him off. duval had had few enough high-class establishments that it hadn't been much of an issue there, but he still remembers those places in trigleph that had denied him entrance when he had taken on job requests there as a child. the former owner of the inn at the harbor in particular... it had been immensely satisfying to find him among the injured victims of a derailed train years later and pass him by to tend to other passengers. he used a folded-up copy of the obituary as a bookmark for years. ]
I'm sure I have no idea what you're getting at.
[ with the credits deducted from his account, he rises from his seat and smooths his hair. ]
But if that's what you prefer, I'm more than happy to lead the way.