She caught his frown when she revealed her ears, but couldn't imagine they'd actually be a surprise to him, unless he really hadn't bothered to pull her files and see her registered species. She was pretty sure she was the only goddamn elf working in the whole place; how could someone miss that?
Or she supposed it could be something else entirely, but her mind tended to skip straight towards confusion or racism, as they tended to be the most frequent reasons for people to frown at her ears.
The man timed his little humblebrag to be right before the waitress arrived, so they could just sort of marinate in it. She was correct, yes? He was bragging? Well, she supposed he was a felon who had been caught, and they did say all those things about pride.
"Look," she commented, directly to his ears, while the waitress was there, specifically because she wanted to ruin his little bask. And because she wanted to remind him of what she could do, just in case it was racism that had made him frown earlier. "I'm not an expert like you. I don't really know how to stand tall and proud when under suspicion I didn't expect from people far more powerful than me." Alright, so pretty much every word of that was a lie, but there was a certain kind of person she was supposed to be here, and calm and cool under that kind of pressure was not it.
"I'll just have a bowl of the soup of the day, please. Extra bread on the side? Thank you," she said to the waitress, then returned her focus to Agent Bell as the woman walked away. "This wasn't supposed to be a thing," she informed him with a sigh. "I figured I knew enough to cover my trail, but all this?" She gestured vaguely, referring to the chaos that had erupted and the sudden attention from the higher ups it had earned her. "I wasn't expecting it. If I'm ever under intense scrutiny and suspicion again, though, I'll take your advice." She sighed, again. "Can you blame me for hoping I'll never have to, though?"
Or she supposed it could be something else entirely, but her mind tended to skip straight towards confusion or racism, as they tended to be the most frequent reasons for people to frown at her ears.
The man timed his little humblebrag to be right before the waitress arrived, so they could just sort of marinate in it. She was correct, yes? He was bragging? Well, she supposed he was a felon who had been caught, and they did say all those things about pride.
"Look," she commented, directly to his ears, while the waitress was there, specifically because she wanted to ruin his little bask. And because she wanted to remind him of what she could do, just in case it was racism that had made him frown earlier. "I'm not an expert like you. I don't really know how to stand tall and proud when under suspicion I didn't expect from people far more powerful than me." Alright, so pretty much every word of that was a lie, but there was a certain kind of person she was supposed to be here, and calm and cool under that kind of pressure was not it.
"I'll just have a bowl of the soup of the day, please. Extra bread on the side? Thank you," she said to the waitress, then returned her focus to Agent Bell as the woman walked away. "This wasn't supposed to be a thing," she informed him with a sigh. "I figured I knew enough to cover my trail, but all this?" She gestured vaguely, referring to the chaos that had erupted and the sudden attention from the higher ups it had earned her. "I wasn't expecting it. If I'm ever under intense scrutiny and suspicion again, though, I'll take your advice." She sighed, again. "Can you blame me for hoping I'll never have to, though?"
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