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“There’re only a few instances where flattery would come too late– and this isn’t one of them.“ Sheesh– that sweetness… It makes the hair on the back of his neck raise up– was this verbal poison? … Maybe not… but it’s not that far off the mark. “Well, I guess the witch look has always changed from time and place… … Not sure about the singing, though– did you do a lot of singing when you were younger? … Maybe even now, when you’re all alone, without a care in the world? I bet it sounds lovely.”
Will he ever learn? Hm… Hard to say. Maybe he has an untapped Charisma skill…? Whether that would be good or bad is up for debate.
❛ Do women typically enjoy that ? You asking so many personal questions ? ❜
YES. Even the traitorous witch of Colchis was prone to singing in her younger days, when her greatest worries were keeping up with the teachings of her aunt, Circe, and wondering what lay beyond that endless stretch of ocean. Even now, there’s a lingering tendency to hum when she’s deeply involved in her work... But there’s something incredibly irksome at having honeyed words thrown back at her— with the sincerity hers lack, no less. Jason, too, was a master with honeyed words.
❛ The way you speak to me, one would assume you know everything there is to know about me. I’m sure your father could answer that for you. … I hum from time to time. I would consider it a fairly human pastime. ❜ And yet, she still ends up relenting with a barely contained sigh. She never learns, does she ?
