He was fast! Why was she surprised? Like, seriously, it was so obvious he wasn't human, so why would she be surprised that he was fast, ugh. But when he landed, she could see pain and anger in his eyes. Her eyes trailed down to the leg he seemed to be favoring. Was he injured?
That must be humiliating, for something like him.
She probably could have done something with that, if she'd had proper time to consider it, to craft a decent insult or jab, but he knocked the wind clean out of her sails.
Fif... fifty thousand.
She stared with wide eyes. "Y... you're lying," she said, not sounding certain at all. "Why would you pay fifty thousand dollars for an old book?" It wasn't worth that. In the condition it was in, it was probably worth five bucks, collector's value or no.
Fifty thousand dollars... That could put her the whole way through school at the local college... the tuition, at least, some for books. If she worked at the same time, to pay for food and rent and stuff...
She had stopped grabbing for the book. There was no way he actually had that kind of money. Even if he was a... weird... not-human... thing. In very fancy clothing. With a house full of valuable books he clearly wasn't taking very good care of.
She swallowed, not quite to the point of letting herself consider it. He had to be lying, because the alternative was almost too much to consider.
That must be humiliating, for something like him.
She probably could have done something with that, if she'd had proper time to consider it, to craft a decent insult or jab, but he knocked the wind clean out of her sails.
Fif... fifty thousand.
She stared with wide eyes. "Y... you're lying," she said, not sounding certain at all. "Why would you pay fifty thousand dollars for an old book?" It wasn't worth that. In the condition it was in, it was probably worth five bucks, collector's value or no.
Fifty thousand dollars... That could put her the whole way through school at the local college... the tuition, at least, some for books. If she worked at the same time, to pay for food and rent and stuff...
She had stopped grabbing for the book. There was no way he actually had that kind of money. Even if he was a... weird... not-human... thing. In very fancy clothing. With a house full of valuable books he clearly wasn't taking very good care of.
She swallowed, not quite to the point of letting herself consider it. He had to be lying, because the alternative was almost too much to consider.
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