The bard lifted his chin just enough to catch a glimpse at whatever sort was stomping and clanking its way to the bartop. Hm. Somebody had apparently taken the idea of canned goods much too seriously, or maybe a Magitek experiment had escaped from the Thaumaturge's Guild, possibly piloted by Lalafell standing on one another's shoulders.
At least the figure hadn't started a ruckus. He thought about the last time he'd come to the Quicksand, just for some personal time, and of the pale and amusingly tawdry-yet-proper Roegadyn woman he'd shared a conversation with... and who had interfered on his behalf when some nitwit short man tried to start a bar brawl with a swung bottle at the bard's head. While he appreciated the height at which the shorter man had gotten from the Roe-woman's throw, it would have been much nicer if she'd been less itching for a fight, and less taken.
None of this interrupted his relaxed strumming, though the sound of the barmaid's voice carried across the bar in that lilting fashion, and he finished the flagon of ale before him, feeling a sudden craving for rum, and glanced once more towards the bar area.
At least the figure hadn't started a ruckus. He thought about the last time he'd come to the Quicksand, just for some personal time, and of the pale and amusingly tawdry-yet-proper Roegadyn woman he'd shared a conversation with... and who had interfered on his behalf when some nitwit short man tried to start a bar brawl with a swung bottle at the bard's head. While he appreciated the height at which the shorter man had gotten from the Roe-woman's throw, it would have been much nicer if she'd been less itching for a fight, and less taken.
None of this interrupted his relaxed strumming, though the sound of the barmaid's voice carried across the bar in that lilting fashion, and he finished the flagon of ale before him, feeling a sudden craving for rum, and glanced once more towards the bar area.
"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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