05-03-2013, 11:56 PM
"Handing out my card," she deadpans, with a certain blithe deliberation. Only the corner of her mouth is quirked upward, and even that is difficult to read. "I do mostly criminal defense work, so the DUIs and public indecency charges that might stem from a potentially debauched Fianna boozefest could keep me busy for weeks."
As Calden straightens, re-filled ale in hand, she lifts her own bottle of water in an ironic little toast.
Then makes a quiet noise in the back of her throat, and concedes the story before she is even challenge on it.
"No, the truth is we live not far from here. My - " strange, how in that moment she finds it hard to say the word to a stranger. So she just elides it, allows the absence to stand in for a missing presence, " - well, he was part of the Sept. I figure it's good to make an appearance now and then, maintain those ties. And Ellie wanted to come. Her friends are here.
"We are leaving at 10:30, though. Hopefully before the actual outright debauchery begins."
As Calden straightens, re-filled ale in hand, she lifts her own bottle of water in an ironic little toast.
Then makes a quiet noise in the back of her throat, and concedes the story before she is even challenge on it.
"No, the truth is we live not far from here. My - " strange, how in that moment she finds it hard to say the word to a stranger. So she just elides it, allows the absence to stand in for a missing presence, " - well, he was part of the Sept. I figure it's good to make an appearance now and then, maintain those ties. And Ellie wanted to come. Her friends are here.
"We are leaving at 10:30, though. Hopefully before the actual outright debauchery begins."
But my heart is wild and my bones are steel
And I could kill you with my bare hands if I was free.
- Phosphorescent, Song for Zula
And I could kill you with my bare hands if I was free.
- Phosphorescent, Song for Zula