They straighten to perfect attention. Their horns clank against the ceiling.
The tone, or changing thereof, is hardly noticed. Words spoken are most important. Vessels do not understand nuance, as the Pale King discovered early.
(Nor do children. But this was never allowed to cross either of their minds.)
If realizing what they are and are not (again, and again, and again, somehow freshly terrible each time) is moping, then it seems that's what they're in the process of. This action is incorrect; they have no further purpose here.
Their mind edges towards wondering where the rest of his questions are. They discard it.
Leaving is difficult, attempting to get out without knocking anything over or being too graceless, but they squirm from the shop as carefully as possible.
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Date: 2020-08-28 12:59 pm (UTC)The tone, or changing thereof, is hardly noticed. Words spoken are most important. Vessels do not understand nuance, as the Pale King discovered early.
(Nor do children. But this was never allowed to cross either of their minds.)
If realizing what they are and are not (again, and again, and again, somehow freshly terrible each time) is moping, then it seems that's what they're in the process of. This action is incorrect; they have no further purpose here.
Their mind edges towards wondering where the rest of his questions are. They discard it.
Leaving is difficult, attempting to get out without knocking anything over or being too graceless, but they squirm from the shop as carefully as possible.