I imagine dancing with a Counselor is not encouraged in either realm, but ours were more interested in getting onto the battlefield than actually advising. Should that be my second order of business? Seems a shame not to let you in on the fun.
Well, I'm flattered. I'd certainly never want anyone to do anything they didn't want to do under what are to be light and jovial circumstances. But maybe especially you.
If you welcome it, that's a different story altogether.
No need to apologize. It's an admirable skill, and I imagine King Smith both appreciates and has made use of it. I should apologize for having nothing else to offer. In fact - I think you should keep it. It may not be so exciting as a first read, but at least you can peruse it when you wish to take your mind off politics and history.
[hawk runs his finger over the ink, uncharacteristic of tim's excellent penmanship. did he stutter when he realized what hawk was referencing? did the pen become his tongue, unable to formulate rational thought for a moment the way hawk sometimes struggles to when he thinks of tim on his arm and dancing at his side like a lady in court?]
Good. I would dread the day you didn't, Timothy.
[the cherry blossom is a welcome surprise, and hawk crushes it to his nose - that one only, because if he closes his eyes he might imagine tim pushing up to pluck it with delicate hands, imagining the softness of his fingertips as he cradled it in his palm.]
It smells divine. But it seems unfair that I would enjoy such a treat without you when you've gone to all the trouble. Tell me what occupies you - how you may be relieved?
I doubt that very much. You have a whole library to get through with me. I'm enjoying every word immensely.
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Well, I'm flattered. I'd certainly never want anyone to do anything they didn't want to do under what are to be light and jovial circumstances. But maybe especially you.
If you welcome it, that's a different story altogether.
No need to apologize. It's an admirable skill, and I imagine King Smith both appreciates and has made use of it. I should apologize for having nothing else to offer. In fact - I think you should keep it. It may not be so exciting as a first read, but at least you can peruse it when you wish to take your mind off politics and history.
[hawk runs his finger over the ink, uncharacteristic of tim's excellent penmanship. did he stutter when he realized what hawk was referencing? did the pen become his tongue, unable to formulate rational thought for a moment the way hawk sometimes struggles to when he thinks of tim on his arm and dancing at his side like a lady in court?]
Good. I would dread the day you didn't, Timothy.
[the cherry blossom is a welcome surprise, and hawk crushes it to his nose - that one only, because if he closes his eyes he might imagine tim pushing up to pluck it with delicate hands, imagining the softness of his fingertips as he cradled it in his palm.]
It smells divine. But it seems unfair that I would enjoy such a treat without you when you've gone to all the trouble. Tell me what occupies you - how you may be relieved?
I doubt that very much. You have a whole library to get through with me. I'm enjoying every word immensely.