Lemm's only pause during the walk to the lift is to make sure Hollow isn't about to fall or jump down into the Waterways as they pass the open hole in the street. Wouldn't do to lose his potential answers to the sewers, and he's already made it quite clear he is not going out of his way to fish them out.
Lemm stops on the elevator only long enough for Hollow to step aboard. Then he gives the switch a hefty kick, like he's half-expecting the thing to jam.
"Tall, aren't you," he states, with no sign of this being an actual question, and even less sympathy. He says nothing else - just waits for the elevator to stop and steps off, taking out a key that might well have been hidden in his beard. "Watch your head." A beat. "And your nail."
Lemm enters first, because after-yous have no place in his shop and also because he has to pick up a couple of journals that have slipped onto the floor from their haphazard pile.
[sweeping gesture] behold the junk hoard
Lemm stops on the elevator only long enough for Hollow to step aboard. Then he gives the switch a hefty kick, like he's half-expecting the thing to jam.
"Tall, aren't you," he states, with no sign of this being an actual question, and even less sympathy. He says nothing else - just waits for the elevator to stop and steps off, taking out a key that might well have been hidden in his beard. "Watch your head." A beat. "And your nail."
Lemm enters first, because after-yous have no place in his shop and also because he has to pick up a couple of journals that have slipped onto the floor from their haphazard pile.