[ Sturmhond can't help laughing. He knows how Athos can be, and his friend.
Standing, he goes over to put his hand on his friend's shoulder, while Herbert rolls over to help Henri with cleaning.
Well, one says 'clean'. It's really more like Herbert is trying his best to scoop the rubbish up faster than Henri. It's possible he took the threat rather personally. ]
You certainly did that. I'd say you defied expectations. To quite comical effect, actually. I'm proud of you.
Do you think they're aware that we need some of those items? [ He says this while looking at the Haroombas, but his gaze returns when Sturmhond touches him. He tilts his head almost mockingly. ]
Often have I sought to prove myself to royalty as you must know. [ He is a terrible person and prodding his friends is a great past time. ]
[ Like not to let anything they need stay on the floor. ]
No doubt we'll find them tidied away somewhere, in a month or two's time. And stop calling my royalty, for the love of every Saint. I should have let you keep thinking I was a pirate.
Better habits? Many have tried and failed. [ Aramis, particularly. And sometimes Porthos but he's far more likely to be as ill-mannered as Athos. ] I think you mean privateer.
[ His mouth twitches slightly. ] You're entirely too clean to be a pirate.
Pirates rarely preen. [ Athos' face remains impassive, there's no smile across his mouth and his tone is dull and flat and has no room for argument. But there's just the right kind of twinkle to his eyes that means he's poking fun for the sake of it. Athos and dad jokes 4 lyfe. ]
And Alina. Honestly, there's just no accounting for some people's manners. I can't imagine how I got to like her.
[ Actually, her lack of respect was one of the things that delighted him about her. It still does. And of course, she calls him a Privateer now, too. ]
Women possess many strange skills. Perhaps it was that. [ Shrugging his shoulders as if to roll away the thought. He doesn't care about women and their magic. ]
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Standing, he goes over to put his hand on his friend's shoulder, while Herbert rolls over to help Henri with cleaning.
Well, one says 'clean'. It's really more like Herbert is trying his best to scoop the rubbish up faster than Henri. It's possible he took the threat rather personally. ]
You certainly did that. I'd say you defied expectations. To quite comical effect, actually. I'm proud of you.
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Often have I sought to prove myself to royalty as you must know. [ He is a terrible person and prodding his friends is a great past time. ]
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[ Like not to let anything they need stay on the floor. ]
No doubt we'll find them tidied away somewhere, in a month or two's time. And stop calling my royalty, for the love of every Saint. I should have let you keep thinking I was a pirate.
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Better habits? Many have tried and failed. [ Aramis, particularly. And sometimes Porthos but he's far more likely to be as ill-mannered as Athos. ] I think you mean privateer.
[ His mouth twitches slightly. ] You're entirely too clean to be a pirate.
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I see no reason not to be presentable. Even a pirate has no excuse for scruffiness.
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And that's entirely the reason why you could never be one.
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[ A little pause. ]
I suppose you're right. It's not a title I gave myself, anyway.
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Who did? The blind and uneducated?
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[ A little pause. ]
And Alina. Honestly, there's just no accounting for some people's manners. I can't imagine how I got to like her.
[ Actually, her lack of respect was one of the things that delighted him about her. It still does. And of course, she calls him a Privateer now, too. ]
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Women possess many strange skills. Perhaps it was that. [ Shrugging his shoulders as if to roll away the thought. He doesn't care about women and their magic. ]