[ Bastien—clipped by an elbow, yes, too fascinated to pretend to mind—narrows his eyes somewhat at hopeless, so they are conveniently already narrowed for tolerate the abuse and do not need to make any additional moves. If he were taking this as a challenge (which, again, would be arrogant and foolish), he would now be adjusting his definition of victory to be abused less than Valentine rather than liked. A low bar in any situation, but—
He is very quiet on the stairs. No helping the creaking, soft-footed or not, but he keeps his mouth shut lest he also be asked to swear anything. ]
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He is very quiet on the stairs. No helping the creaking, soft-footed or not, but he keeps his mouth shut lest he also be asked to swear anything. ]