[ it's not open agreement, it's not argument either.
she'll take it for a deal. her shoulders ease a touch, the unconscious gesture of someone squared up for a fight, only to find they've already won. that instinct doesn't touch her expression, her words,
melys probably never even realizes she's been doing it. ]
Puts you ahead of half the folks falling out here.
[ but it doesn't match so neat with — the rest of all this. the wealthy own horses. the wealthy ride and breed and show them. they do not live upon them.
they've got a deal, though. no point to fucking that up by digging. they've got a deal, and that means she might as well act a friend. ]
Guy tried to tell me about something called a motorcycle once. Stupidest damn thing I ever heard. Cart cut in half, no horses at all. Supposed to move it by starting fires.
[ her chin presses forward, eyebrows lift in an exaggerated can you believe that shit? ]
no subject
she'll take it for a deal. her shoulders ease a touch, the unconscious gesture of someone squared up for a fight, only to find they've already won. that instinct doesn't touch her expression, her words,
melys probably never even realizes she's been doing it. ]
Puts you ahead of half the folks falling out here.
[ but it doesn't match so neat with — the rest of all this. the wealthy own horses. the wealthy ride and breed and show them. they do not live upon them.
they've got a deal, though. no point to fucking that up by digging. they've got a deal, and that means she might as well act a friend. ]
Guy tried to tell me about something called a motorcycle once. Stupidest damn thing I ever heard. Cart cut in half, no horses at all. Supposed to move it by starting fires.
[ her chin presses forward, eyebrows lift in an exaggerated can you believe that shit? ]