[Feminine-looking pendants aren't generally to Anders' taste; he'd be gratified to know visitors to his humble abode pick up on the fact that it's neither a fashion accessory of choice, nor a part of the room décor. (A cat toy, maybe, but that's a stretch.)
What it has been in the past is an eyesore, and what it is now is a riddle wrapped in an enigma, possibly coated in some ulcer-inducing Wonderland magic that makes people break out in polka dots for all Anders knows.]
It's a relief to know that if I were in dire trouble and able to text you, you'd both come running.
[He'll file that information away for the next time he's being axe murdered.]
Nothing so immediately alarming, don't worry. But I do have a confession to make--did I ever tell you that headless Duchess woman rewarded me for a service I did for her? [No, he hadn't, thinking he'd bring it up when he knew more about it, which is apparently going to be today. It makes it a rather rhetorical question, and Anders moves on, using the incense bowl to nudge the locket into the center of the table without touching it directly.] It was locked up tighter than the queen's jewels all this time, and then this morning it was like this.
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What it has been in the past is an eyesore, and what it is now is a riddle wrapped in an enigma, possibly coated in some ulcer-inducing Wonderland magic that makes people break out in polka dots for all Anders knows.]
It's a relief to know that if I were in dire trouble and able to text you, you'd both come running.
[He'll file that information away for the next time he's being axe murdered.]
Nothing so immediately alarming, don't worry. But I do have a confession to make--did I ever tell you that headless Duchess woman rewarded me for a service I did for her? [No, he hadn't, thinking he'd bring it up when he knew more about it, which is apparently going to be today. It makes it a rather rhetorical question, and Anders moves on, using the incense bowl to nudge the locket into the center of the table without touching it directly.] It was locked up tighter than the queen's jewels all this time, and then this morning it was like this.
Seemed like a good time to mention it.