"Thank you," I say to Mab with another quick smile. "I doubt there will be much need for wrangling, but you can tell him I'll be back soon.
I follow Jarmyn out to the dance floor as the music picks up again. He is a fairly good dancer, I see, as I fall into step with him. At least, he is good at the waltz. But his nervousness gets in the way of his movements - I can feel it in his shoulder where my hand rests.
"Sure you've heard the gossip going round, about what happened at the Cafe'. It's that that Ri's mad about, I think. Didn't actually get a chance to ask her."
"People talk," I admit. "And I've heard something, although not many specifics. Or rather, too many contradictory specifics," I qualify, with a small wry twist of a smile. "But I gather there were some raised voices?" And I have raised eyebrows to go with that question, to point to the understatement that i know that it is. "And whatever happened, I'm sure that Ri would be set at ease by knowing the truth of it directly from you."
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I follow Jarmyn out to the dance floor as the music picks up again. He is a fairly good dancer, I see, as I fall into step with him. At least, he is good at the waltz. But his nervousness gets in the way of his movements - I can feel it in his shoulder where my hand rests.
"Sure you've heard the gossip going round, about what happened at the Cafe'. It's that that Ri's mad about, I think. Didn't actually get a chance to ask her."
"People talk," I admit. "And I've heard something, although not many specifics. Or rather, too many contradictory specifics," I qualify, with a small wry twist of a smile. "But I gather there were some raised voices?" And I have raised eyebrows to go with that question, to point to the understatement that i know that it is. "And whatever happened, I'm sure that Ri would be set at ease by knowing the truth of it directly from you."