He smiled. Without showing his teeth. Nothing anyone else would probably notice, but to her, damning behavior. His charm and general outrageous good looks were also similarly irritating to her. Who did he think he was fooling? Everyone, probably. Well, not her! She knew this asshole. Intimately. Not that intimately! Just. Well. She knew him well. Because he'd menaced her, humiliated her.
"That's fine," she replied, not stepping closer despite the fact she would have liked to look at the titles as well. She was fairly certain the only direction she could have walked was away from him, at any given time. "We have a rebinding and restoration system for old books that still have value but have been well-loved over the years." She knew this, because she'd donated $5000 of very hard earned money to kick-starting it, a year ago.
"So the condition doesn't matter," she continued. "It could be falling apart; so long as the contents are something interesting." She forced a thin smile. "Old storybooks and the like. It's good for children to have access to pieces of the past in forms they can understand and enjoy. Do you have anything like that?"
She wondered, idly, if she could actually locate and purchase her book without him realizing it was her. That would be... something. That would really well offset any annoyance at not being recognized, if she could slip back away into the city with her dignity reacquired. Not that he'd purchased her dignity. He'd purchased a book. And, if she was being particularly self-aware, her peace of mind and a large chunk of her self-image. She didn't miss the self-image too much, but she felt the absence of her peace of mind keenly and regularly.
"That's fine," she replied, not stepping closer despite the fact she would have liked to look at the titles as well. She was fairly certain the only direction she could have walked was away from him, at any given time. "We have a rebinding and restoration system for old books that still have value but have been well-loved over the years." She knew this, because she'd donated $5000 of very hard earned money to kick-starting it, a year ago.
"So the condition doesn't matter," she continued. "It could be falling apart; so long as the contents are something interesting." She forced a thin smile. "Old storybooks and the like. It's good for children to have access to pieces of the past in forms they can understand and enjoy. Do you have anything like that?"
She wondered, idly, if she could actually locate and purchase her book without him realizing it was her. That would be... something. That would really well offset any annoyance at not being recognized, if she could slip back away into the city with her dignity reacquired. Not that he'd purchased her dignity. He'd purchased a book. And, if she was being particularly self-aware, her peace of mind and a large chunk of her self-image. She didn't miss the self-image too much, but she felt the absence of her peace of mind keenly and regularly.
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