"If he comes back," she said to Lis, though she was sure she already knew, "I'll be taking his head off. Either or both, doesn't matter to me." Still, she imagined the guard would have matters well in hand, a fool like that who didn't know his manners. It was one thing to be a criminal in Akvero, and quite another to be rude.
She raised an eyebrow, side-eyed the guest who'd finally re-appeared. "I can't imagine what you mean," she said loftily. "It was not a reveler he described, was it? Nothing to do with you, then." Keep your mask on and your mouth shut, her eyes said, the color of cinnamon and boring holes into his heart. If more trouble followed him, she'd see him out on his ear. And without a refund, besides. A single uncouth goon was hardly enough to constitute rabble-rousing.
Gotris turned back to the horned girl, a twirl that looked rather impressive with the cut of her skirt. "Chew with your mouth shut," she ordered automatically, "smaller bites, feet on the floor, shoulders back, chin up." She stroked at her beard, and beads braided into it clicked together in the process. "Cleaning will do," she decided, "scrubbing the floor and dusting the fixtures. Try to rush it and I'll have you start the whole thing over, so don't think I'm offering charity. There's enough space in the kitchen for a body to sleep by the fire, if you can bear a hard floor, though I won't be letting you in there until you've cleaned yourself off. You'll be earning your food and your shelter, and there ought to be enough left at the end of a week that you can rent a room in the city."
She could be kind, but no one had ever accused her of being gentle.
She raised an eyebrow, side-eyed the guest who'd finally re-appeared. "I can't imagine what you mean," she said loftily. "It was not a reveler he described, was it? Nothing to do with you, then." Keep your mask on and your mouth shut, her eyes said, the color of cinnamon and boring holes into his heart. If more trouble followed him, she'd see him out on his ear. And without a refund, besides. A single uncouth goon was hardly enough to constitute rabble-rousing.
Gotris turned back to the horned girl, a twirl that looked rather impressive with the cut of her skirt. "Chew with your mouth shut," she ordered automatically, "smaller bites, feet on the floor, shoulders back, chin up." She stroked at her beard, and beads braided into it clicked together in the process. "Cleaning will do," she decided, "scrubbing the floor and dusting the fixtures. Try to rush it and I'll have you start the whole thing over, so don't think I'm offering charity. There's enough space in the kitchen for a body to sleep by the fire, if you can bear a hard floor, though I won't be letting you in there until you've cleaned yourself off. You'll be earning your food and your shelter, and there ought to be enough left at the end of a week that you can rent a room in the city."
She could be kind, but no one had ever accused her of being gentle.
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