"Do we?" he teased, allowing her to adjust him as she pleased. It was very domestic of her, and he wondered how quickly she might make herself at home if he allowed it. Rhys had done much the same. He could not tell if this was an unusual tendency, unique to these women, or if it was something he had somehow cultivated. Or if, alternately, this was the general way of things when one did not deliberately cultivate uncertainty and self-doubt. "Perhaps my self-esteem has suffered, for me to doubt it so. Would you stroke my ego, if it would help my confidence?"
Almost certainly yes. Though this was hardly the time, even if the place was suitable.
"We must hope that this does not signify unfortunate timing on the part of the… ah. What is the phrase?" He snapped his fingers as he grasped for the reference, a modern idiom turned more often on him. "Fashion police?" He frowned. No, that sounded terrible. He didn't think he'd be saying that again, ever. Maintaining one's dignity became ever harder as language evolved without any concern for it. By the time he adopted terminology now-modern, it would all be old-fashioned again. Dignity had not been fashionable for a century or two, alas. But being old-fashioned seemed to have a particular allure, when paired to a pretty face, so it did not trouble him too much.
Perhaps one day he would try being modern. Wearing very tight pants and bright colored socks and very short sleeves.
… or else, not. Never ever. Not ever. No. Ugh.
"We must simply risk it," he sighed, as if the state of his dress reflected on anyone but him. He followed her into the hall, then lead the way down the stairs, adopting a distracted manner as he approached the kitchen. As if he were not well aware that someone was there with Elijah. He raised an eyebrow at the phantom as he stood in the entry.
"Entertaining guests?" he asked, looking from one to the other. "But I fear we have not been introduced." The sight of her jogged his memory no better than the taste, lost in the disorganized vault of his mind.
Almost certainly yes. Though this was hardly the time, even if the place was suitable.
"We must hope that this does not signify unfortunate timing on the part of the… ah. What is the phrase?" He snapped his fingers as he grasped for the reference, a modern idiom turned more often on him. "Fashion police?" He frowned. No, that sounded terrible. He didn't think he'd be saying that again, ever. Maintaining one's dignity became ever harder as language evolved without any concern for it. By the time he adopted terminology now-modern, it would all be old-fashioned again. Dignity had not been fashionable for a century or two, alas. But being old-fashioned seemed to have a particular allure, when paired to a pretty face, so it did not trouble him too much.
Perhaps one day he would try being modern. Wearing very tight pants and bright colored socks and very short sleeves.
… or else, not. Never ever. Not ever. No. Ugh.
"We must simply risk it," he sighed, as if the state of his dress reflected on anyone but him. He followed her into the hall, then lead the way down the stairs, adopting a distracted manner as he approached the kitchen. As if he were not well aware that someone was there with Elijah. He raised an eyebrow at the phantom as he stood in the entry.
"Entertaining guests?" he asked, looking from one to the other. "But I fear we have not been introduced." The sight of her jogged his memory no better than the taste, lost in the disorganized vault of his mind.
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