[ a better way. and perhaps her reply might ordinarily be mistaken for something contrived -- or, worse, contrite -- but the nature of what constrains their speech and what makes them talk in truths might make it ring a little better. it's not her way to honey her answers just like it's not her way to sugar her tea. had she the choice, she wouldn't have said it at all.
she doesn't take her eyes off the door. not even when his unfinished sweet thuds dully into the box. ]
...So. I take it your name isn't really Rip Hunter. [ not originally, if she's understood the indulgence. and the only reason she manages not to ask it like a question is because she's clever enough to figure that part out for herself. ]
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[ a better way. and perhaps her reply might ordinarily be mistaken for something contrived -- or, worse, contrite -- but the nature of what constrains their speech and what makes them talk in truths might make it ring a little better. it's not her way to honey her answers just like it's not her way to sugar her tea. had she the choice, she wouldn't have said it at all.
she doesn't take her eyes off the door. not even when his unfinished sweet thuds dully into the box. ]
...So. I take it your name isn't really Rip Hunter. [ not originally, if she's understood the indulgence. and the only reason she manages not to ask it like a question is because she's clever enough to figure that part out for herself. ]