"It's fine," he said, waving off her concern as he shut her notebook. "I got the gist."
"I don't think I have a halfling!" he said, quite pleased. He had a wolf, a snake, gnomes, elves, dwarves, humans, demonspawn, a weird little rat girl—did he have any halflings? Surely he'd remember. It hadn't even occurred to him that he should get one. Now that he knew he didn't have one, it became very important that he acquire one.
"The important thing," he declared, "is passion. I like leaving things in the hands of passionate people. The right kind of passionate. Yes? If I were choosing a shepherd, I would want someone with a passion for sheep—but in the right way. Some kinds of passion, I don't want." This felt like a good metaphor.
"You seem passionate about your subject," he said. "But you're trying to explain it to me with facts. Which is good! You need those. I have advisors who can check those for me." He loomed as a natural consequence of his height, eyes intent on her. "I want you to explain your passion to me with… passion. Why do you want to do this? Why do you want to do this for me? Try to make me feel it."
"I don't think I have a halfling!" he said, quite pleased. He had a wolf, a snake, gnomes, elves, dwarves, humans, demonspawn, a weird little rat girl—did he have any halflings? Surely he'd remember. It hadn't even occurred to him that he should get one. Now that he knew he didn't have one, it became very important that he acquire one.
"The important thing," he declared, "is passion. I like leaving things in the hands of passionate people. The right kind of passionate. Yes? If I were choosing a shepherd, I would want someone with a passion for sheep—but in the right way. Some kinds of passion, I don't want." This felt like a good metaphor.
"You seem passionate about your subject," he said. "But you're trying to explain it to me with facts. Which is good! You need those. I have advisors who can check those for me." He loomed as a natural consequence of his height, eyes intent on her. "I want you to explain your passion to me with… passion. Why do you want to do this? Why do you want to do this for me? Try to make me feel it."
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