Jean made a sound that was very nearly a snort, though he restrained the undignified and unattractive sound, slender fingers draping over the lower half of his face. Too slender, in fact, to hide the twist of his mouth, the flash of sharp teeth as he fought an ever-widening grin. He hated that she knew she was funny. «Graverobbers and witches,» he insisted. «They were a serious problem! My cock would have been worth a fortune, I will have you know. What if it grew back looking strange? I could never show my face again. Or, rather, only my face, which would have been just as bad.»
Were their conversations always this silly? Worse, probably. They really shouldn't have been doing this in public. He had a reputation to maintain.
«Keep your money and your horses,» he said with a wave of his hand, nevermind that he was the one who'd brought it up. «You were always much more fond of doing filthy things with something of that size between your legs. Let alone twelve of them.» He shrugged, with a little more of a flourish to his wrist than was probably entirely necessary. «I am not ashamed to admit that I am out of practice,» he added, as if it made him the bigger man to say he did not share her insatiable lust for horse dick.
«I am an excellent student,» he insisted. «While I learned all manner of things about your methods, I simply do not have the time or the budget for them. How would I ever have time to sell anything? Perhaps I am too slow to swallow.» He huffed. «You are a barge. Barging is what you do. I am an excellent man, of business. I have many satisfied customers. Satisfying customers is practically all that I do. Day and night, satisfaction. Simply because I do not cater to your hideous tastes does not mean my business is terrible.»
Jean tsked at Elijah again, but this time said nothing. First and foremost because Elijah had never understood that sort of thing – not with Alisdair, either, with whom Jean had quarreled constantly to the point of occasionally accidentally killing one another. Secondly because Rylan seemed terribly distressed, as well as the sulfurous thing clawing at her insides. It was only a few long steps to be by her side, leaning down to place his lips by her ear. "My apologies," he murmured. "Did we distress you? We will try not to do it again." His gaze lifted though he did not stand, raising an eyebrow at Elijah. "Yes?" he said, for his benefit and not hers.
"And do excuse my conversation," he added, quickly and even lower though all present could probably hear him anyway. Such irritating company, making it so difficult to gossip. "An old acquaintance, you understand, from when I was, ah. Young. Oui?" Hardly young, barely that long ago. Even Elijah he had not met when he was young, though Elijah had known him, unrequited. It was still as good an excuse as any for why the tone would be so different from what was now his norm. He pressed a quick kiss to her temple, hopefully reassuring, before his attention was drawn back to Phee.
«They have to dress sometime,» he said as he made his way back to the redhead, «or else I will never have anything to take off of them, and what is the fun in that? It is a very pretty dress. I fear you will have to settle for admiring, because most of this house seems possessed of the most peculiar preference for cock. Or at least, one cock in particular. Even that boy at the desk, I think, and I have not even offered him any. You may try with passerotta, if it pleases you, but I make no promises as to your success.» He did not make any such offers with Rylan, though Rhys and Rylan both were likely to be equally displeased by his comment. He did not think she would actually attempt to seduce either, but Rhys seemed less… suggestible.
Jean took the bottle from her without asking, glancing at the label. «Terrible,» he said, despite having not looked at it long enough to actually read anything. Rather than get a corkscrew, he used the nails of his left hand to pierce the cork and pull it free, tossing it on the counter and handing her bottle back. «Shall we bother with the pretense of a glass?» he asked. «Some of us have matured in our old age, Phee. I read books, now. And also sell them. And other such things, as befit my wizened dignity.»
Were their conversations always this silly? Worse, probably. They really shouldn't have been doing this in public. He had a reputation to maintain.
«Keep your money and your horses,» he said with a wave of his hand, nevermind that he was the one who'd brought it up. «You were always much more fond of doing filthy things with something of that size between your legs. Let alone twelve of them.» He shrugged, with a little more of a flourish to his wrist than was probably entirely necessary. «I am not ashamed to admit that I am out of practice,» he added, as if it made him the bigger man to say he did not share her insatiable lust for horse dick.
«I am an excellent student,» he insisted. «While I learned all manner of things about your methods, I simply do not have the time or the budget for them. How would I ever have time to sell anything? Perhaps I am too slow to swallow.» He huffed. «You are a barge. Barging is what you do. I am an excellent man, of business. I have many satisfied customers. Satisfying customers is practically all that I do. Day and night, satisfaction. Simply because I do not cater to your hideous tastes does not mean my business is terrible.»
Jean tsked at Elijah again, but this time said nothing. First and foremost because Elijah had never understood that sort of thing – not with Alisdair, either, with whom Jean had quarreled constantly to the point of occasionally accidentally killing one another. Secondly because Rylan seemed terribly distressed, as well as the sulfurous thing clawing at her insides. It was only a few long steps to be by her side, leaning down to place his lips by her ear. "My apologies," he murmured. "Did we distress you? We will try not to do it again." His gaze lifted though he did not stand, raising an eyebrow at Elijah. "Yes?" he said, for his benefit and not hers.
"And do excuse my conversation," he added, quickly and even lower though all present could probably hear him anyway. Such irritating company, making it so difficult to gossip. "An old acquaintance, you understand, from when I was, ah. Young. Oui?" Hardly young, barely that long ago. Even Elijah he had not met when he was young, though Elijah had known him, unrequited. It was still as good an excuse as any for why the tone would be so different from what was now his norm. He pressed a quick kiss to her temple, hopefully reassuring, before his attention was drawn back to Phee.
«They have to dress sometime,» he said as he made his way back to the redhead, «or else I will never have anything to take off of them, and what is the fun in that? It is a very pretty dress. I fear you will have to settle for admiring, because most of this house seems possessed of the most peculiar preference for cock. Or at least, one cock in particular. Even that boy at the desk, I think, and I have not even offered him any. You may try with passerotta, if it pleases you, but I make no promises as to your success.» He did not make any such offers with Rylan, though Rhys and Rylan both were likely to be equally displeased by his comment. He did not think she would actually attempt to seduce either, but Rhys seemed less… suggestible.
Jean took the bottle from her without asking, glancing at the label. «Terrible,» he said, despite having not looked at it long enough to actually read anything. Rather than get a corkscrew, he used the nails of his left hand to pierce the cork and pull it free, tossing it on the counter and handing her bottle back. «Shall we bother with the pretense of a glass?» he asked. «Some of us have matured in our old age, Phee. I read books, now. And also sell them. And other such things, as befit my wizened dignity.»
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