[ Daniel's eyebrows raise until they touch the curtains of hair framing his face, because when he'd asked for something stronger he'd been expecting to have to watch this guy dig through coffee grounds and syrup refills to find a secret stash tucked at the back of a cabinet... not for him to pull out a decanter with his goddamn name on it. Or at least Daniel assumes it's his name, since it's a bit ballsy to be so brazenly pilfering another guy's booze when he took the time to identify it as his. ]
Thanks, uh — [ He dips his chin to read the label again. ] — Ethan?
[ He lifts the glass to his mouth, downing about half of it without much reaction, then taking a smaller sip and exhaling slow and careful. ]
Damn. That's better. [ He rolls a shoulder as though stretching his body out to prepare for the conversation that's to come. ] I don't really have anyone to keep safe anymore, or at least no-one I need to worry about. I take it you do?
[ There he goes, asking the tough questions before he's established his angle. It's a wonder he ever got anyone to open up to him in his heyday. He clears his throat, backtracks and pivots to a different path. ]
What's so bad about this place, anyway? Everything I've seen has been pretty cookie cutter, and I've only talked to a few people, but they've been... vague. I take it there's something they're not including on the brochure?
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Date: 2024-06-17 06:58 pm (UTC)Thanks, uh — [ He dips his chin to read the label again. ] — Ethan?
[ He lifts the glass to his mouth, downing about half of it without much reaction, then taking a smaller sip and exhaling slow and careful. ]
Damn. That's better. [ He rolls a shoulder as though stretching his body out to prepare for the conversation that's to come. ] I don't really have anyone to keep safe anymore, or at least no-one I need to worry about. I take it you do?
[ There he goes, asking the tough questions before he's established his angle. It's a wonder he ever got anyone to open up to him in his heyday. He clears his throat, backtracks and pivots to a different path. ]
What's so bad about this place, anyway? Everything I've seen has been pretty cookie cutter, and I've only talked to a few people, but they've been... vague. I take it there's something they're not including on the brochure?