05-04-2013, 01:33 AM
"Oh," an engaging, upward lilt of her brows, a lift of her chin toward the ripple of sound on the other side of the bonfire. Her own half-smile remains just so: wry, aware, sardonic perhaps, without slipping into the territory of a proper smirk. "I appreciate the advice." A brief glance at Emmett, his profile, her own gaze calm and withheld and searching.
"In fact, I was just about to tell Emmett that I thought he should stay. Let loose a bit. Unfortunately, I have two more at home, and a sitter to relieve. And a hearing before Judge Wall in the morning.
"He hates it when counsel are late. And he hates it more when counsel look like they had a better time than he did the night before.
"Since I'm unable to stay - perhaps you'll commit to a few extra acts of debauch on my behalf?"
"In fact, I was just about to tell Emmett that I thought he should stay. Let loose a bit. Unfortunately, I have two more at home, and a sitter to relieve. And a hearing before Judge Wall in the morning.
"He hates it when counsel are late. And he hates it more when counsel look like they had a better time than he did the night before.
"Since I'm unable to stay - perhaps you'll commit to a few extra acts of debauch on my behalf?"
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