Gwenaëlle's arrival to the Forces office is preceded by Hardie's arrival in the Forces office, nosing and then shouldering through the door that's ajar, beginning with a confident bound that is brought up short by a not-unfamiliar face but the wrong one, in an unexpected place. Behind him, she is resignedly apologetic:
“Flint used to give him treats. You don't have to, it was just bribery so he wouldn't go for his bollocks every time we went a round. I was about to start sorting out the office, and I thought if you had time, I might check if there's anything you had that you'd like me to focus on first.”
Anything he'd been doing that he's now not to have time for, with everything that Flint was doing, before him. Hardie, who didn't hear that you don't have to, stops beside the desk and presents Marcus with a look of soulful longing as if he definitely misses Flint specifically and isn't just checking to see if the new guy also has treats.
It's very respectful gazing. He doesn't actually encroach into Marcus's space at all.
the office.
“Flint used to give him treats. You don't have to, it was just bribery so he wouldn't go for his bollocks every time we went a round. I was about to start sorting out the office, and I thought if you had time, I might check if there's anything you had that you'd like me to focus on first.”
Anything he'd been doing that he's now not to have time for, with everything that Flint was doing, before him. Hardie, who didn't hear that you don't have to, stops beside the desk and presents Marcus with a look of soulful longing as if he definitely misses Flint specifically and isn't just checking to see if the new guy also has treats.
It's very respectful gazing. He doesn't actually encroach into Marcus's space at all.