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[ That's acceptable. She laughs. ]

Osburga! Maker, I think I'd need a false nose at least to carry that one off.

And no, I think it extremely unlikely you'll ever be faced with him.

Edited Date: 2020-02-07 02:16 am (UTC)

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staysail

Well, that's a comfort. The lack of Brothers, that is. Not the nose. Osburga comes of Ostwick, don't you think? What's an Ostwick nose look like?

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hassaran

I don't know, but an Osburga nose is large. Bulbous. This is quite far from where I thought this conversation was headed.

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staysail

You're disappointed to be talking about your bulbous false nose with your husband?

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hassaran

A purely hypothetical false nose. And 'disappointed' isn't the word.

[ In that voice again: ] I'm never disappointed to be talking to you.

Edited Date: 2020-02-08 02:53 pm (UTC)

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staysail

[Caught off-guard by the expert deployment of that voice, Darras laughs again.]

Oh, now you're cheating, with that.

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hassaran

[ In a different voice, closer to her own but still definitely not--same accent but pitched deeper, smokier, and with an almost sing-songy cadence-- ]

What are you going to do about it?

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staysail

Come and put a stop to it. Now.

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hassaran

[ Her laugh is her own, quick and pleased. ]

If only. I had to meet a contact on the other side of the city. I won't be back for at least an hour.

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staysail

After all that? You can be back sooner. Half an hour.

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hassaran

I can't make the distance shorter! As soon as I can.

Leave the stuff in the tub, I was serious about it needing a wash. There's a box on the shelf behind my desk with some other examples. If you want.

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staysail

Personal cuffs in a box on the shelf behind your desk?

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hassaran

It's all different kinds of locks, for practice.

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staysail

It's so hard to believe you now that I know you went around soliciting and collecting unwashed sex cuffs and left 'em in our bathtub.

Can you not get a carriage to get back sooner? Run it, maybe? Horse?

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hassaran

You make fun and then you want me to run back to you in the freezing rain?

They're for the class, I need enough examples for everyone in Riftwatch. They may be perfectly clean, but I don't trust them.

Edited Date: 2020-02-11 01:30 am (UTC)

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staysail

If I really thought I had some influence over getting you back here quicker, I'd do it. Or not do it, if that's what it took.

I could wash them for you. Instead of sitting here, looking at them.

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hassaran

Thanks, that would be helpful. But it's not urgent, if you've other things to do.

And I am in a carriage, but it took me ages to get one because I refuse to share and be coughed on all the way across town. It's slow going in this weather.

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staysail

Ah, then you were smart to wait. Tell the driver you've got something to get home for. See if that helps. You could try using your voice on them, but I think I want that voice saved for myself, now that I've heard it.