[ Mock intrigue takes hold in a twist at Metzger’s brows -- very nearly sincere, as if he can’t believe his ears. ]
Is that all you have to say for yourself?
[ Clank.
He drops his bucket from both hands by means of punctuation, wet scrap rolling to an uneven stop against the sole of his boot. Fresh steam twists away from the metal there; a bump of the same toe sends remnant water dribbling through the grating as he takes a step nearer the rail’s edge, sure of foot. The droplets fall, and fall, and fall. ]
‘Awh. Shit,’ [ he echoes, sympathetic, oafish accent and all.
Sweat prickles his hair and shines at his neck, greasy in the bristle of his whiskers when he leans to growl through his teeth: ] You have sixty seconds to convince me you’re worth more to me alive than you are as a dose of extra calcium in our drinking water.
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Is that all you have to say for yourself?
[ Clank.
He drops his bucket from both hands by means of punctuation, wet scrap rolling to an uneven stop against the sole of his boot. Fresh steam twists away from the metal there; a bump of the same toe sends remnant water dribbling through the grating as he takes a step nearer the rail’s edge, sure of foot. The droplets fall, and fall, and fall. ]
‘Awh. Shit,’ [ he echoes, sympathetic, oafish accent and all.
Sweat prickles his hair and shines at his neck, greasy in the bristle of his whiskers when he leans to growl through his teeth: ] You have sixty seconds to convince me you’re worth more to me alive than you are as a dose of extra calcium in our drinking water.