[Does he want to dissuade Oliver from a contract with the truth - that he'd like to say he'd drown anything he brought home without permission, or much more truly probably let him keep it? He hates being tethered to the weakness he has here and so chooses to avoid the answer all together. He can't be stepped on and over so easily by a fucking kid, no matter whose eyes are staring back at him.
He sips his wine and the server comes and goes, setting down plates of additional appetizers that are on the house before scurrying away. William pays mild attention to his dinner before him, knife and fork held effortlessly in practiced hands as he cuts his steak. Ignores the bread fiend across from him.]
I'm open to trades and negotiations, should the time come - you might have to woo me to get me to change my mind.
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[Does he want to dissuade Oliver from a contract with the truth - that he'd like to say he'd drown anything he brought home without permission, or much more truly probably let him keep it? He hates being tethered to the weakness he has here and so chooses to avoid the answer all together. He can't be stepped on and over so easily by a fucking kid, no matter whose eyes are staring back at him.
He sips his wine and the server comes and goes, setting down plates of additional appetizers that are on the house before scurrying away. William pays mild attention to his dinner before him, knife and fork held effortlessly in practiced hands as he cuts his steak. Ignores the bread fiend across from him.]
I'm open to trades and negotiations, should the time come - you might have to woo me to get me to change my mind.