[ In turn, Brandon looks steadily at Qetzi. It might be a little rude, if rudeness was something that mattered during this dinner. Coincidentally or not, he hasn't eaten another piece of meat yet. ]
What is there to take from this House?
[ Of all the ways he could say it, the mild, bemused way he did use is either funny, insulting, or funny because it's insulting. It is also the truth, though. Would he care to try to carry off furniture, dead flowers, and the bones he presumably came here to bargain for, while Qetzi casts curses on him and the hyenas tear him to bits? Hardly.
The other funny/insulting question in what he asks is whether there is something around here worth protecting from a thief. To which he doesn't expect any specific confirmation, unless they think he's even dumber than he's been acting, or Haran wants to brag — all acceptable possibilities. ]
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What is there to take from this House?
[ Of all the ways he could say it, the mild, bemused way he did use is either funny, insulting, or funny because it's insulting. It is also the truth, though. Would he care to try to carry off furniture, dead flowers, and the bones he presumably came here to bargain for, while Qetzi casts curses on him and the hyenas tear him to bits? Hardly.
The other funny/insulting question in what he asks is whether there is something around here worth protecting from a thief. To which he doesn't expect any specific confirmation, unless they think he's even dumber than he's been acting, or Haran wants to brag — all acceptable possibilities. ]