Oh, but this is a date, non? Spoiling you is the expectation. You should expect no less from a beau.
[Lobelia had a feeling they'd be picking at scraps once their welcome banquet was swept off the table, so he stashed a few bottles away for safekeeping. This is how they ought to be enjoyed, besides.
In contrast to Ramuda, Lobelia takes a restrained sip from his glass, cradling the stem just so between his fingers.]
Correct! If I knew more, I would not hesitate to share. After all, we're all in the same predicament, aren't we?
Perhaps you'll write it off as conspiratorial musings... but I've given our current predicament much thought. I believe some power beyond our understanding ushered us here to make use of us in some way, like pieces arranged upon a board.
[He rolls the glass in hand, watching how the amber catches the candlelight. He wears a faint, contemplative smile.]
If this power is merely observing, we may yet have time to act. But if it intends to test us... or pit us against one another... then every choice we make may already be part of its design. What do you think, mon cher?
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[Lobelia had a feeling they'd be picking at scraps once their welcome banquet was swept off the table, so he stashed a few bottles away for safekeeping. This is how they ought to be enjoyed, besides.
In contrast to Ramuda, Lobelia takes a restrained sip from his glass, cradling the stem just so between his fingers.]
Correct! If I knew more, I would not hesitate to share. After all, we're all in the same predicament, aren't we?
Perhaps you'll write it off as conspiratorial musings... but I've given our current predicament much thought. I believe some power beyond our understanding ushered us here to make use of us in some way, like pieces arranged upon a board.
[He rolls the glass in hand, watching how the amber catches the candlelight. He wears a faint, contemplative smile.]
If this power is merely observing, we may yet have time to act. But if it intends to test us... or pit us against one another... then every choice we make may already be part of its design. What do you think, mon cher?