Joly's first impulse isn't even to deny it, or to agree, but to wonder if there is something else. Yes? No? More brandy?
General confusion covers a lot.
So he falls back to what he had been saying in the first place. "I saw Athelstan, and we talked about the machine, and he suggested I try a little camera. And I thought, that's silly, the whole reason I've made this thing is that I had a camera, I'd been recording everything about how I flew during Cubefall. And I thought, well, that's what I've been looking at for it, and I thought, if I showed someone else, they'd see-- and I realized I hadn't shown you any of the recordings." That's not quite true. " I knew I hadn't. Or talked with you or-- anything. And I don't know why, it's not like it's some secret, you were there, but-- I mean it's been a busy summer, we've been--not ourselves, sometimes-- but still not that busy and I--should have. Anyway."
He wants to curl in closer. He also feels, vaguely but surely, that Legle should have the chance to be irritated with him without having the air hugged out of him. So Joly wraps his arms around his knees, instead.
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Date: 2 Sep 2015 00:53 (UTC)General confusion covers a lot.
So he falls back to what he had been saying in the first place. "I saw Athelstan, and we talked about the machine, and he suggested I try a little camera. And I thought, that's silly, the whole reason I've made this thing is that I had a camera, I'd been recording everything about how I flew during Cubefall. And I thought, well, that's what I've been looking at for it, and I thought, if I showed someone else, they'd see-- and I realized I hadn't shown you any of the recordings." That's not quite true. " I knew I hadn't. Or talked with you or-- anything. And I don't know why, it's not like it's some secret, you were there, but-- I mean it's been a busy summer, we've been--not ourselves, sometimes-- but still not that busy and I--should have. Anyway."
He wants to curl in closer. He also feels, vaguely but surely, that Legle should have the chance to be irritated with him without having the air hugged out of him. So Joly wraps his arms around his knees, instead.