[ By the sound of her voice, only two shades shy of a scoff, she finds the notion absurd. In fact, the corners of her mouth turn up, as though she's barely restraining a laugh or a full grin at some joke that he's made in thinking that she would defer to him in any meaningful fashion for the mere sake of it. ]
"O, Wise Elder …" [ There's reverence there, but only to mock him, and in her hyperbole she makes him sound a great deal older than he actually is—by no accident. ] Calling yourself my elder just makes you sound like a pervert.
[ And there's those desert-buffed social skills, put to the test. She crinkles her nose, as if measuring whether she's into that or something like it. ]
this must be how it feels to be old. everything takes twice as long.
[ By the sound of her voice, only two shades shy of a scoff, she finds the notion absurd. In fact, the corners of her mouth turn up, as though she's barely restraining a laugh or a full grin at some joke that he's made in thinking that she would defer to him in any meaningful fashion for the mere sake of it. ]
"O, Wise Elder …" [ There's reverence there, but only to mock him, and in her hyperbole she makes him sound a great deal older than he actually is—by no accident. ] Calling yourself my elder just makes you sound like a pervert.
[ And there's those desert-buffed social skills, put to the test. She crinkles her nose, as if measuring whether she's into that or something like it. ]