[And he's tempted, for just a moment, to say he would have preferred the more expensive option, but he manages to hold his tongue, bite back the bitter words because there'd be no truth in them anyway, and if he's said the wrong thing and evoked Asra's irritation then it is, he suspects, deserved.
He never has known when to shut up.
And so he accepts those small bright punishments with a fractured exhalation, takes the hint, turns his mind instead toward the situation at hand.]
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He never has known when to shut up.
And so he accepts those small bright punishments with a fractured exhalation, takes the hint, turns his mind instead toward the situation at hand.]
So what do we do from here, just accept this?