[MEAN,]
well perhaps I’d— well we didn’t have a lot of time, I suppose.
[He’s letting himself be led around by the nose, and oddly doesn’t hate it.]
…shall we meet later?
well perhaps I’d— well we didn’t have a lot of time, I suppose.
[He’s letting himself be led around by the nose, and oddly doesn’t hate it.]
…shall we meet later?
[Bene starts to say something, then stops himself. He has a brain, when he remembers to use it. And this seems like an opportunity that they could both enjoy.]
You'll have to get it out of me, [he decides. That is, after all, the theme of this whole endeavor.]
You'll have to get it out of me, [he decides. That is, after all, the theme of this whole endeavor.]
[This elicits what sounds suspiciously like a giggle, but Benedict would never acknowledge or admit that to be what it was.]
Well I'll still have to go to work, [he insists, the smile audible in his voice,] ...but you'll have me until then.
Well I'll still have to go to work, [he insists, the smile audible in his voice,] ...but you'll have me until then.
On the day itself, waiting in Allumin's mail cubby, is a pin neat parcel wrapped in calico cotton and tied with a length of plain twine. Inside the fabric is a sturdy journal bound in leather, the blank pages firmly saddle stitched into place. The whole arrangement can be secured with leather ties. Accompanying the journal are a number of packets of powdered inks in a variety of colors, and a sturdy wooden dip pen.
And because books and writing is boring, there is also smart little knife with a glossy wooden handle included in the set. Maybe it's for sharpening the pen with.
The note with it reads simply:
And because books and writing is boring, there is also smart little knife with a glossy wooden handle included in the set. Maybe it's for sharpening the pen with.
The note with it reads simply:
Happy Satinalia! -Fitcher
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