[There's a little glimmer of self-satisfaction in the way that Val settles back in his chair--very little, glimpsed only if one is paying very close attention to his body language. Or so he would like to think, unconscious to his own innate theatricality.]
It is all rather obvious when you say it. Poor souls, all, some-- [m i s t e r e l l i s] --more than others.
[Practical is not the most glowing of words. Yet even so: how would one ever grow tired of being the preferred choice? All the better when one does not have to seek out the designation at all. Val sips at his wine, then leans very abruptly forward, closing the conversation in more intimately to confide:]
I will require my solicitor to be given the chance to review the contract that you have written up, but on its face--aside from my aversion to the commitment implied in the ownership of property--I can think of little else at this moment to take issue with. You have put forth quite a pretty screen of words and it has served you well, mademoiselle. I think that you could argue yourself out of most situations. Or at the very least, talk. This is a compliment.
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Date: 2021-02-21 03:18 am (UTC)It is all rather obvious when you say it. Poor souls, all, some-- [m i s t e r e l l i s] --more than others.
[Practical is not the most glowing of words. Yet even so: how would one ever grow tired of being the preferred choice? All the better when one does not have to seek out the designation at all. Val sips at his wine, then leans very abruptly forward, closing the conversation in more intimately to confide:]
I will require my solicitor to be given the chance to review the contract that you have written up, but on its face--aside from my aversion to the commitment implied in the ownership of property--I can think of little else at this moment to take issue with. You have put forth quite a pretty screen of words and it has served you well, mademoiselle. I think that you could argue yourself out of most situations. Or at the very least, talk. This is a compliment.