[Well, that's as good a response as any, Rhus thinks.
He places the coin on the table and slides it across the surface, freeing up his hand to place the tips of his fingers against the top of his card as instructed.]
What I want to know, eh... [Rhus' tail curls and uncurls. What a loaded question, especially when there's so much he wants to know. And yet... he'll satisfy himself with just one.]
A storm's brewin'-- but there's someone who wants to head it off before it starts, and I want to know if the next time I see him, he'll still be alive, or the same friend I know.
[There it is. Not a request for himself, but for someone else, just veiled in a way that would make someone think as such at first.]
no subject
He places the coin on the table and slides it across the surface, freeing up his hand to place the tips of his fingers against the top of his card as instructed.]
What I want to know, eh... [Rhus' tail curls and uncurls. What a loaded question, especially when there's so much he wants to know. And yet... he'll satisfy himself with just one.]
A storm's brewin'-- but there's someone who wants to head it off before it starts, and I want to know if the next time I see him, he'll still be alive, or the same friend I know.
[There it is. Not a request for himself, but for someone else, just veiled in a way that would make someone think as such at first.]