Flat. Unappreciative. Dismissive. Yet it is her confident, even tone that relaxes his frown into a thin-lipped, almost satisfied look. He doesn't much differ from an amused tomcat. At least this girl is clean and presentable. There is another girl he knows that is farthest from presentable as can be, a loathsome, insufferable idiot that consumes his very mind if he lets it slip, unguarded, for just long enough -- but never mind her. He banishes all thoughts of her by force of will alone.
"Well, now you have." He regards the Madame closely, arms akimbo. "And there is plenty more 'strangeness' I can see on my own if -- if--" he inclined his head meaningfully, "You will stay your flames and not roast the others when you see them."
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Flat. Unappreciative. Dismissive. Yet it is her confident, even tone that relaxes his frown into a thin-lipped, almost satisfied look. He doesn't much differ from an amused tomcat. At least this girl is clean and presentable. There is another girl he knows that is farthest from presentable as can be, a loathsome, insufferable idiot that consumes his very mind if he lets it slip, unguarded, for just long enough -- but never mind her. He banishes all thoughts of her by force of will alone.
"Well, now you have." He regards the Madame closely, arms akimbo. "And there is plenty more 'strangeness' I can see on my own if -- if--" he inclined his head meaningfully, "You will stay your flames and not roast the others when you see them."