"That's not- no. No, I don't talk anything like that- that's- that's some sort of bastard child cockney wishes it could forget and something I can't even imagine."
He shakes his head firmly.
"My grandmother would rise from her grave if I spoke like that."
He can't keep it up. Whatever he wanted to say next dissolves into laughter as he leans back in the chair. "Alright, fine. I've had to change my voice on calls before. But rest assured, I've never done that."
"Yes, dear," he says in a fond, mock-beleagured tone as he waves him off cheerfully. That's... done. He's glad it's done. But he doesn't want to think about it. He can't let himself think about it.
He gives him a mock-flirty wave as he disappears past the door and back to the library.
And he has a new set of information about Elias and - well, Jon. Information that he tells himself is only for Elias. That it has nothing to do with Jon. That works. For a while.
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Date: 2022-01-13 01:28 am (UTC)"...he kept them. in his office. and read me the last letter the man ever wrote to him from a Lonely domain."
It was fucked. up.
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Date: 2022-01-13 01:32 am (UTC)He shakes his head. "Jon, if I ever get that pathetic, please kill me."
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Date: 2022-01-13 01:33 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2022-01-13 01:39 am (UTC)"Who me? Am I not posh enough for you? I can be very Victorian! Yes. Let's drink tea and be very tragic and hang around graveyards."
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Date: 2022-01-13 01:48 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2022-01-13 01:52 am (UTC)"What? This is what I hear when you talk!" he teases, picking up a pencil to twirl between his fingers.
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Date: 2022-01-13 01:58 am (UTC)He shakes his head firmly.
"My grandmother would rise from her grave if I spoke like that."
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Date: 2022-01-13 02:08 am (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2022-01-15 04:32 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2022-01-15 04:44 pm (UTC)And he has a new set of information about Elias and - well, Jon. Information that he tells himself is only for Elias. That it has nothing to do with Jon. That works. For a while.