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Vrenille ([personal profile] cryfrustration) wrote in [community profile] duplicitymemes 2019-09-24 07:33 pm (UTC)

[Vrenille has been reading him, it's true, and in its way, this is a big tell. So yes, something's exposed. But there's always at least two things you can do with a wound: you can exploit it, or you can shield it. And it's a rare instance when Vrenille opts to do the former.]

Yeah, sure. [There's that calm kindness returning to his eyes. He bends down and picks up the fallen cup.

And then he extends it towards Ash, like it's just a casual suggestion.]
But save a little face 'fore we go. Throw this in the bin for me.

[The bin towards which he lightly jerks his chin is just a couple steps away. He could just as easily throw the thing out himself. But that's not why he's asking.

It's far from an ideal moment to be trying to test Ash's willingness to play along with the local game, Vrenille knows. But the eyes that turned towards them still haven't turned away, and a few of their watchers are perhaps taking more than a healthy interest in what's happening between them. That could be bad for them both, but especially for Ash.

So he's asking him to do the least objectionable task he can think of, just a token gesture to appease their audience. Even so, he's not sure whether the thinks Ash will balk.]

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