At the offer, Lemm stares hard at the pastries for rather a lot longer than anyone really needs to think about that.
He's jolted out of it when Myla speaks. This at least is a simple question. Work he's comfortable with. Lemm turns to face her and rests one arm on the table.
Just in the nick of time he remembers to keep the is this not obvious? tone well out of his voice. "Relics," he answers. "And I don't sell."
This topic was a danger zone last time. Lemm hesitates. With his hand out of his lap, the Knight will be able to see his blunt claws fidgeting subtly where they're tucked in against the table.
"I specialise in Hallownest," which is a professional way of saying he's personally interested in Hallownest, "and the more historied an item is, the better." And then, because it's only fair: "Don't expect me to be good company, but I -" it all went wrong here, didn't it? "- pay fairly." Fidget, fidget.
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He's jolted out of it when Myla speaks. This at least is a simple question. Work he's comfortable with. Lemm turns to face her and rests one arm on the table.
Just in the nick of time he remembers to keep the is this not obvious? tone well out of his voice. "Relics," he answers. "And I don't sell."
This topic was a danger zone last time. Lemm hesitates. With his hand out of his lap, the Knight will be able to see his blunt claws fidgeting subtly where they're tucked in against the table.
"I specialise in Hallownest," which is a professional way of saying he's personally interested in Hallownest, "and the more historied an item is, the better." And then, because it's only fair: "Don't expect me to be good company, but I -" it all went wrong here, didn't it? "- pay fairly." Fidget, fidget.