To label the Duskpaw as people from ’rustic backgrounds’ is an understatement. I suppose in a
manner of speaking
, being ’polite’ about something a person
knows is worse
than you mean is actually quite
cutting
.
"Well, that does make sense. You could say I’m a lot more willing to be a part of civilization than they are."
"Yes, you seem *perfectly* willing. Sonya seemed to have given you quite the thorough treatment."
Hmm? More and more breaches of
privacy
. A little subtle
disgust
as well.
The
question
is where she is getting this information. So far I would say, if I just let her
keep talking
... I’d figure everything out pretty quick.
"Why yes, I specifically requested her attention to detail. I could hardly claim to have a full body scrub by letting her avoid too much."
"Did you? How assertive."
Her eyebrow rose with a hand held near her mouth... as if she
caught
me in something
scandalous
. I’m almost shocked by her... acting.
As someone who has gone out of her way to seem different and
more glamorous
than the other clients, her reaction seems
atrociously
overblown.
"Is there something wrong with it?"
Finally, I get what I’ve been waiting for. A light sneer crosses her
objectively attractive
face.
"Most women find it easier to simply accept the standard treatment. Especially when they’re new guests in unfamiliar territory. They know when not to overstep."
As I thought, this is merely a
roundabout
attempt to bully me ’into place’. For most of her unwilling targets, I suspect they either
tuck tail
- or get excessively bent out of shape.
> No, no. I’m plenty calm, so you should be too. What ’conquerer’? At least I named you after what you really are, Vrika. If Kyrie Voss was not the one who sent her to bug me, then she has a problem in her ranks. In any case, I’ve now made an impression on a member of her pack who does not seem to be the type to stay silent. A pretty color. Like emeralds. Though I like yours better. I’d always had a soft spot for sapphires. <
"Welcome. I hear it is your first time, so we’ll talk all about the process. Are you ready?"
I could say no. There is no
obligation
for me to make full use of what has
been paid for
.
Should that have been the case, I would not have
agreed
to even enter the establishment. The
money
is not mine in the first place, which is already a
sore point
.
Yet, how
involved
the CEO is in that ’Whitecrest’ being here
bugs
me more. She had seemed so accommodating.
So
restrained
. Was that just a
show
? Am I right that she had just been waiting for the right moments to trap me?
Waiting for more
hounds
to
chase the fox
into a corner.
"Yes, please give me the rundown."
My
sudden smile
disarmed the woman known as Dahlia. She
blinks
a half dozen times before speaking.
Another
flower
, Helene’s memory says. At least the humans name their children more
appropriately
.