"I'm sure it can be lucky," he said, "if you want it to be." His expression was indecipherable, insofar as it could ever be said not to be. Ix, personally, did not believe in luck; but Siladen, as a general rule, did. That was a generalization, of course, but superstition had been heavy where he was from. Another fact writ across his face that she couldn't read. "I'm pretty sure that's how luck works."
He was doing better at keeping his eyes above her collarbones.
"Do I have a grumpy reputation?" he asked, deadpan, as if he didn't know. "I thought I was adorable. Have I been doing adorable wrong this whole time? Why didn't anyone tell me?" At least she wasn't calling him 'surly' anymore. Grumpy could still be attractive, he was pretty sure. He supposed it didn't really matter, as long as she continued to say it with affection.
"Aaah," he said, as if that made all the sense in the world. Unfortunately for her, he knew exactly the prize she was talking about. Its ilk could be purchased for all of ten credits, if someone knew where to look. Which meant that, really, it had been the principle of the thing. The principle could be a very dangerous thing. "I always sort of liked that windmill," he said mildly. Though he could not recall why that was, now, when he had first thought to himself that it was a cute feature rather than an inconvenience. "But I like you more," he added, "so if we're taking sides in this, I'm on yours."
Ix decided to take the lead as they made it to the first hole, though he couldn't say why. He dropped the ball carelessly, letting it fall wherever it wanted behind the line rather than setting up any kind of a careful shot. Then he made a vague effort in the general direction of hitting it towards the hole, which was not quite lazy enough that he could be said to not be trying. It landed on entirely the wrong platform, two levels below the one with the hole on it, which was about what he'd expected. What he had not expected was the force with which it bounced, hitting a passing drone and then a rail before coming to a stop near the hole.
It did not, thankfully, fall in.
"Uh. That was. Lucky." He squinted suspiciously at his putter.
He was doing better at keeping his eyes above her collarbones.
"Do I have a grumpy reputation?" he asked, deadpan, as if he didn't know. "I thought I was adorable. Have I been doing adorable wrong this whole time? Why didn't anyone tell me?" At least she wasn't calling him 'surly' anymore. Grumpy could still be attractive, he was pretty sure. He supposed it didn't really matter, as long as she continued to say it with affection.
"Aaah," he said, as if that made all the sense in the world. Unfortunately for her, he knew exactly the prize she was talking about. Its ilk could be purchased for all of ten credits, if someone knew where to look. Which meant that, really, it had been the principle of the thing. The principle could be a very dangerous thing. "I always sort of liked that windmill," he said mildly. Though he could not recall why that was, now, when he had first thought to himself that it was a cute feature rather than an inconvenience. "But I like you more," he added, "so if we're taking sides in this, I'm on yours."
Ix decided to take the lead as they made it to the first hole, though he couldn't say why. He dropped the ball carelessly, letting it fall wherever it wanted behind the line rather than setting up any kind of a careful shot. Then he made a vague effort in the general direction of hitting it towards the hole, which was not quite lazy enough that he could be said to not be trying. It landed on entirely the wrong platform, two levels below the one with the hole on it, which was about what he'd expected. What he had not expected was the force with which it bounced, hitting a passing drone and then a rail before coming to a stop near the hole.
It did not, thankfully, fall in.
"Uh. That was. Lucky." He squinted suspiciously at his putter.
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