“Ahh. The whole city? Not at all. I would not presume.” Odd, a touch scathing in these opening moves. The stranger had few obvious tells at first glance, only that coin which he’d been busy playing with. Quinn watched it freeze and vanish, smiling a little as he employed a touch of telekinesis to pop the cork out of the bottle.
Surface thoughts gave only a little more away. Curiosity; a brush of sexual attraction though the latter was so swiftly dismissed that he almost missed it. That was interesting. Quinn wasn’t in the business of encouraging self discipline – or self denial. And while his own tastes leaned primarily toward women, there were certain illusions to be maintained for the wealthy of Minrathous.
Primarily, that anything within these walls could be won. It would be rather hypocritical to exclude his own person from that. Unfair to the girls.
“Consider me only very good at spotting patterns.” Quinn filled the glasses and drank from his, leaning back with one arm along the top of the couch. ”And you seem … Out of sequence, Serrah.
“Whatever you’re looking for tonight, I can help you find it.”
Surface thoughts gave only a little more away. Curiosity; a brush of sexual attraction though the latter was so swiftly dismissed that he almost missed it. That was interesting. Quinn wasn’t in the business of encouraging self discipline – or self denial. And while his own tastes leaned primarily toward women, there were certain illusions to be maintained for the wealthy of Minrathous.
Primarily, that anything within these walls could be won. It would be rather hypocritical to exclude his own person from that. Unfair to the girls.
“Consider me only very good at spotting patterns.” Quinn filled the glasses and drank from his, leaning back with one arm along the top of the couch. ”And you seem … Out of sequence, Serrah.
“Whatever you’re looking for tonight, I can help you find it.”
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