The illusion of tears are summarily brushed and flicked away. Is any of this a stunning example of maturity earned over the course of five thousand years of being jerked around at the whims of deplorable strangers like a fish on the end of a particularly sturdy line? No. But it had been worth it for the look on her face.
(Besides, get a load of this! They've practically managed to wander away the top of Mandrake all together.)
With a sigh of surrender1, Bartimaeus leans back to lean against the wall alongside the bed and stretches his legs out over the edge of the lump stuffed mattress. "I really don't know what you want say, but let's not pretend that you'd really go for whatever it was even if I did. I could be as sincere as a sweet old grandmother and you'd still say, 'Bartimaeus, what are you getting at?'"
For this last bit he's adopted a particularly unflattering falsetto.
1. Or the pretense of it. The first rule of this business is to never commit yourself to anything if you can avoid it.
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Date: 2019-08-18 12:48 am (UTC)(Besides, get a load of this! They've practically managed to wander away the top of Mandrake all together.)
With a sigh of surrender1, Bartimaeus leans back to lean against the wall alongside the bed and stretches his legs out over the edge of the lump stuffed mattress. "I really don't know what you want say, but let's not pretend that you'd really go for whatever it was even if I did. I could be as sincere as a sweet old grandmother and you'd still say, 'Bartimaeus, what are you getting at?'"
For this last bit he's adopted a particularly unflattering falsetto.