[ Said without looking at his cousin, stabbing his fork into a piece of meat to calmly chew at it, observing Brandon's verbal chatter. There's something other than what he has to say that he wants to watch closely; his reaction to the flesh, for one, which comes with no tell in his expression. Either he's ignorant or fully knowledgeable, and only the latter makes him a little more interesting. ]
You think I would require your company? [ As though the big bad world out there would be of any threat to him. ] Qetzi'ah would have you killed before allowing you to lay your hands on any one of her things, I'm afraid. She's quite peculiar about men. More so when they are strangers to the house.
[ Talking about her as though she weren't even at the table, or capable of speaking for herself. ]
But I'm sure your masters would praise you for your attempts.
plot twist: haran dethrones and becomes the new goblin king
[ Said without looking at his cousin, stabbing his fork into a piece of meat to calmly chew at it, observing Brandon's verbal chatter. There's something other than what he has to say that he wants to watch closely; his reaction to the flesh, for one, which comes with no tell in his expression. Either he's ignorant or fully knowledgeable, and only the latter makes him a little more interesting. ]
You think I would require your company? [ As though the big bad world out there would be of any threat to him. ] Qetzi'ah would have you killed before allowing you to lay your hands on any one of her things, I'm afraid. She's quite peculiar about men. More so when they are strangers to the house.
[ Talking about her as though she weren't even at the table, or capable of speaking for herself. ]
But I'm sure your masters would praise you for your attempts.