[ He really, really would have preferred to leave without running into you, Elias. He'd been at the dock making final preparations, and checking on an ... odd circumstance when the call had come through. He'd been rather distracted enough to answer the call in the first place, and then ...
Well. Here he was. Seated across from Elias, paying rather more attention to the elegant glass in his hand. Steak was fine and all, but a good bottle of ice wine was just as expensive and twice as pleasant. Besides, he could still taste the misery of the lone worker who'd been tasked with getting the grapes off the vine after they'd frozen a little too early in the season. ]
A shame that she's not traveling with anyone. I expect the strain will get to her soon enough.
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Well. Here he was. Seated across from Elias, paying rather more attention to the elegant glass in his hand. Steak was fine and all, but a good bottle of ice wine was just as expensive and twice as pleasant. Besides, he could still taste the misery of the lone worker who'd been tasked with getting the grapes off the vine after they'd frozen a little too early in the season. ]
A shame that she's not traveling with anyone. I expect the strain will get to her soon enough.