[Their eyes close at that: The gesture, the "my dear Captain." For a moment, they just savor that.
It takes more will than they imagined they'd had to pull back.]
I do swear that if you shrug all of this off when your brain unscrambles itself, I'll wring your little neck with my own two hands. Lovingly.
[If it was ANY more of a hospitable environment, they'd sorely consider just dropping him whole onto Taura's lap. But then, she didn't quite deserve being his need for forward progress either.]
Put all of that crazy into getting us through this in one piece, Miles dear.
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It takes more will than they imagined they'd had to pull back.]
I do swear that if you shrug all of this off when your brain unscrambles itself, I'll wring your little neck with my own two hands. Lovingly.
[If it was ANY more of a hospitable environment, they'd sorely consider just dropping him whole onto Taura's lap. But then, she didn't quite deserve being his need for forward progress either.]
Put all of that crazy into getting us through this in one piece, Miles dear.