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the_bigshow Light my fire
Apr. 20th, 2008 04:22 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
not_the_witch“I hate to seem ungrateful, but I'd much rather just stay here.” Azkedillia shrugged slightly. Captain Cain's offer to personally escort her to the nearby town was made pleasantly enough, but she had no interest in accepting it. "I don't think anyone needs me today."
He lowered his head in a bow that somehow both acknowledged her response and completely disagreed with her. It was one of a handful of incredibly frustrating gestures he made that she was becoming familiar with.
She sighed and shook her head. "It's just another show and tell of damage done where they look at me as if I'm going to start clapping with glee any minute."
"Are you planning on clapping?"
She raised an eyebrow at the dry question and he laughed.
"Just checking." Cain put his hand out to her, making it clear he would brook no further argument. "Most everyone is going and I can't leave you with just one guard and old Glitch."
She took his hand, sighing again much more dramatically. "But you'll leave him alone? He's much more likely to burn the camp to the ground than I am."
He laughed loudly, tipping his head back far enough he had to catch his hat before it fell. He was still chuckling when he shouted toward the center of the camp. "Come on, Ambrose, old man. You're with us today!"
They both started laughing when the disheveled advisor came out of his tent looking surprised. "I am? Okay. No problem. Just let me put out this fire—"
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He lowered his head in a bow that somehow both acknowledged her response and completely disagreed with her. It was one of a handful of incredibly frustrating gestures he made that she was becoming familiar with.
She sighed and shook her head. "It's just another show and tell of damage done where they look at me as if I'm going to start clapping with glee any minute."
"Are you planning on clapping?"
She raised an eyebrow at the dry question and he laughed.
"Just checking." Cain put his hand out to her, making it clear he would brook no further argument. "Most everyone is going and I can't leave you with just one guard and old Glitch."
She took his hand, sighing again much more dramatically. "But you'll leave him alone? He's much more likely to burn the camp to the ground than I am."
He laughed loudly, tipping his head back far enough he had to catch his hat before it fell. He was still chuckling when he shouted toward the center of the camp. "Come on, Ambrose, old man. You're with us today!"
They both started laughing when the disheveled advisor came out of his tent looking surprised. "I am? Okay. No problem. Just let me put out this fire—"
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