What confused desire it was, making her so sweet so suddenly. It was no love of books that had her tasting that way. What might she taste like if he played for her?
Interesting. He made a note of it for the moment, to be retained or discarded based on whatever the rest of this interaction would be. If she stayed long enough this time to be played with, if she came back. He would have assumed not, until now.
Shock, envy, a bit peppery. Black peppercorns, nothing too interesting. Probably more money than she'd ever seen in her life. Under the circumstances, it wasn't as fun as it could have been. He might have delighted in taunting her with it if she were particularly rude, but usually he preferred that kind of thing with wealthier folk than she. The sorts of unfortunate, obnoxious creatures that thought themselves somewhere higher on the food chain than they really were. Those were the fun ones, oh yes. Trash with delusions of grandeur.
… they would be fun. If he still did that kind of thing. But he was focusing on kinder feelings now. Giving nice feelings to nice people.
Not pulling the book out of her reach before she could touch it.
Because nice.
She really was awestruck. It was reminiscent of a religious experience. Whipped cream, a sort of intangible fluff of an experience. Lots of it, and nice in its own way, even if it wasn't the heartiest fare. It took a much more intense spiritual fervor to satisfy him, weeping and speaking in tongues. But she was happy, at least, a bittersweet happiness that left him feeling at least quite self-satisfied.
"Now you know," he said when she seemed to be done, sliding the box back into its place on the shelf within the safe. He shut the door and locked it again, and finally turned his attention back to her. "Will that be all?" he asked. "Or did you truly want those books for your library?"
Interesting. He made a note of it for the moment, to be retained or discarded based on whatever the rest of this interaction would be. If she stayed long enough this time to be played with, if she came back. He would have assumed not, until now.
Shock, envy, a bit peppery. Black peppercorns, nothing too interesting. Probably more money than she'd ever seen in her life. Under the circumstances, it wasn't as fun as it could have been. He might have delighted in taunting her with it if she were particularly rude, but usually he preferred that kind of thing with wealthier folk than she. The sorts of unfortunate, obnoxious creatures that thought themselves somewhere higher on the food chain than they really were. Those were the fun ones, oh yes. Trash with delusions of grandeur.
… they would be fun. If he still did that kind of thing. But he was focusing on kinder feelings now. Giving nice feelings to nice people.
Not pulling the book out of her reach before she could touch it.
Because nice.
She really was awestruck. It was reminiscent of a religious experience. Whipped cream, a sort of intangible fluff of an experience. Lots of it, and nice in its own way, even if it wasn't the heartiest fare. It took a much more intense spiritual fervor to satisfy him, weeping and speaking in tongues. But she was happy, at least, a bittersweet happiness that left him feeling at least quite self-satisfied.
"Now you know," he said when she seemed to be done, sliding the box back into its place on the shelf within the safe. He shut the door and locked it again, and finally turned his attention back to her. "Will that be all?" he asked. "Or did you truly want those books for your library?"
The following 1 user Likes Tindome's post: SolitareLee
« Next Oldest | Next Newest »
Warm Reunions [Closed] - by SolitareLee - 03-24-2017, 10:33 PM
RE: Warm Reunions [Closed] - by Tindome - 03-25-2017, 09:40 AM
RE: Warm Reunions [Closed] - by SolitareLee - 03-25-2017, 10:58 AM
RE: Warm Reunions [Closed] - by Tindome - 03-25-2017, 12:50 PM
RE: Warm Reunions [Closed] - by SolitareLee - 03-25-2017, 01:03 PM
RE: Warm Reunions [Closed] - by Tindome - 03-25-2017, 02:15 PM
RE: Warm Reunions [Closed] - by SolitareLee - 03-25-2017, 02:29 PM
RE: Warm Reunions [Closed] - by Tindome - 03-25-2017, 11:20 PM
RE: Warm Reunions [Closed] - by SolitareLee - 03-25-2017, 11:37 PM
RE: Warm Reunions [Closed] - by Tindome - 03-26-2017, 01:31 PM
RE: Warm Reunions [Closed] - by SolitareLee - 03-26-2017, 01:41 PM
RE: Warm Reunions [Closed] - by Tindome - 03-26-2017, 02:16 PM
RE: Warm Reunions [Closed] - by SolitareLee - 03-26-2017, 02:23 PM
RE: Warm Reunions [Closed] - by Tindome - 03-26-2017, 02:48 PM
RE: Warm Reunions [Closed] - by SolitareLee - 03-26-2017, 02:56 PM
RE: Warm Reunions [Closed] - by Tindome - 03-26-2017, 04:18 PM
RE: Warm Reunions [Closed] - by SolitareLee - 03-26-2017, 04:26 PM
RE: Warm Reunions [Closed] - by Tindome - 03-26-2017, 07:13 PM
RE: Warm Reunions [Closed] - by SolitareLee - 03-26-2017, 07:24 PM
RE: Warm Reunions [Closed] - by Tindome - 03-27-2017, 12:24 AM
RE: Warm Reunions [Closed] - by SolitareLee - 03-27-2017, 12:42 AM
RE: Warm Reunions [Closed] - by Tindome - 03-27-2017, 12:58 PM
RE: Warm Reunions [Closed] - by SolitareLee - 03-27-2017, 01:09 PM
RE: Warm Reunions [Closed] - by Tindome - 03-27-2017, 05:03 PM
RE: Warm Reunions [Closed] - by SolitareLee - 03-27-2017, 05:14 PM
RE: Warm Reunions [Closed] - by Tindome - 03-27-2017, 07:44 PM
RE: Warm Reunions [Closed] - by SolitareLee - 03-27-2017, 08:23 PM
RE: Warm Reunions [Closed] - by Tindome - 03-28-2017, 10:59 AM
RE: Warm Reunions [Closed] - by SolitareLee - 03-28-2017, 11:25 AM
RE: Warm Reunions [Closed] - by Tindome - 04-01-2017, 05:15 PM
RE: Warm Reunions [Closed] - by SolitareLee - 04-01-2017, 05:24 PM
RE: Warm Reunions [Closed] - by Tindome - 04-02-2017, 06:29 AM
RE: Warm Reunions [Closed] - by SolitareLee - 04-02-2017, 07:49 AM
RE: Warm Reunions [Closed] - by Tindome - 04-05-2017, 05:02 AM
RE: Warm Reunions [Closed] - by SolitareLee - 04-05-2017, 10:31 AM
RE: Warm Reunions [Closed] - by Tindome - 04-05-2017, 01:58 PM
RE: Warm Reunions [Closed] - by SolitareLee - 04-05-2017, 02:21 PM
RE: Warm Reunions [Closed] - by Tindome - 04-05-2017, 03:09 PM
RE: Warm Reunions [Closed] - by SolitareLee - 04-05-2017, 03:20 PM
RE: Warm Reunions [Closed] - by Tindome - 04-05-2017, 10:15 PM
RE: Warm Reunions [Closed] - by SolitareLee - 04-05-2017, 10:46 PM
RE: Warm Reunions [Closed] - by Tindome - 04-06-2017, 03:33 AM
RE: Warm Reunions [Closed] - by SolitareLee - 04-06-2017, 04:12 AM
RE: Warm Reunions [Closed] - by Tindome - 04-06-2017, 05:28 AM
RE: Warm Reunions [Closed] - by SolitareLee - 04-06-2017, 11:20 AM
RE: Warm Reunions [Closed] - by Tindome - 04-07-2017, 03:30 AM
RE: Warm Reunions [Closed] - by SolitareLee - 04-07-2017, 09:25 AM
RE: Warm Reunions [Closed] - by Tindome - 04-07-2017, 06:22 PM
RE: Warm Reunions [Closed] - by SolitareLee - 04-07-2017, 06:34 PM