There's an insincere wrinkle in his brow as he it says it, like he's trying to be delicate and failing miserably. "I'm sure it's very lovely. But I'm terribly busy back at home. My boss? He's really draggin' me down."
He snickers for a moment, as if he's made some fantastically witty remark, before he notes her curious expression and clears his throat. "That's not a joke," he adds. "He's an actual dragon. Doesn't like me not showing up for work, as you can imagine. And knowing him, a little thing like--"
He lifts his hands to wiggle his fingers in air quotations.
"--'time stopping' isn't going to be a sufficient excuse."
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There's an insincere wrinkle in his brow as he it says it, like he's trying to be delicate and failing miserably. "I'm sure it's very lovely. But I'm terribly busy back at home. My boss? He's really draggin' me down."
He snickers for a moment, as if he's made some fantastically witty remark, before he notes her curious expression and clears his throat. "That's not a joke," he adds. "He's an actual dragon. Doesn't like me not showing up for work, as you can imagine. And knowing him, a little thing like--"
He lifts his hands to wiggle his fingers in air quotations.
"--'time stopping' isn't going to be a sufficient excuse."