Seeing that the barmaid was not yet attentive - at least not to himself or his alluring table-mate - he returned his attention to Clio, and plucked out the first few bars of a ribald tune.
"Only say the time and place, my dear, and you shall have your bard, for the purposes of entertaining the crowd and providing a spectacle which would be the talk of several towns for fortnights to come. For anything else, we can negotiate as well as our inclinations, situations and adherence to personal values admit. Just speak nothing more of pumpkins, lest I let forth a torrent of things best left unsaid here."
He nodded in satisfaction as she had returned to her book and penciling.. but the snap of glass made a tinkling echo that made its way even to their table. It attracted his attention to see the metal clad figure do... something?... to the forehead of the Miqo'te.
"Only say the time and place, my dear, and you shall have your bard, for the purposes of entertaining the crowd and providing a spectacle which would be the talk of several towns for fortnights to come. For anything else, we can negotiate as well as our inclinations, situations and adherence to personal values admit. Just speak nothing more of pumpkins, lest I let forth a torrent of things best left unsaid here."
He nodded in satisfaction as she had returned to her book and penciling.. but the snap of glass made a tinkling echo that made its way even to their table. It attracted his attention to see the metal clad figure do... something?... to the forehead of the Miqo'te.
"But in the laugh there was another voice. A clearer laugh, an ironic laugh. A laugh which laughs because it chooses not to weep."
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