He knows he doesn’t stand a chance against Cinder - even if he tried. Maidens are tricky like that, or at least that’s what he’d assume. Magic tends to tip the odds in one direction or the other when it comes down to a fight. Still, he’d at least try. God knows he’s at least owed that much.
“Details are kinda the point of my job - Cinder.” At the end of the day - Cinder knowing about the ears doesn’t overly affect Roman. For once, he believes her when she says she won’t tell - if someone like her can’t keep a secret by now then she needs to seriously re-evaluate her current occupation.
Green twitches at her new pet name. Damn ears never got him anywhere in life - especially not anywhere against Cinder of all people. He ignores her words, brushing off his hat with an absent hand and dark look on his face before positioning it on his head - adjusting his hair beneath for a lot longer than was strictly necessary. Two can play at the dramatic pausing game.
“Of mine? I think you’ll find that I’m only doing this for you and your boss or whatever it is that woman is to you.” His voice comes as he turns her back on her, pulling a cigarette from his pocket and lighting it - taking a long drag before turning back to continue. At least now matters were on business and not what sits beneath his hat - that much Roman can be grateful for. “It’s going perfectly fine - though you’d do well to not insult me like that. If that bird boy is keeping you informed enough then you would know that there’s nothing to be worried about my dear. Why do you ask then? Surely you’re not scared of disappointing her?”
➹ — With or without what she processed of the Fall Maiden’s abilities, it was no question she’d still best the crime lord -- and that was fact.
“ Are they, because you’ve surely forgotten about a certain detail. ” oh she certainly was not about to let him live down the locked door. Maybe when they no longer worked together, but until that day she’d continue to bring it up -- in a sing-song and smile.
Until, he finally got about catching her off guard.
Cinder’s smile fell and her body tensed -- once casual posture now rigid with only a hint of fear in amber eyes. She was scared, and how Roman wanted his ears kept under a hat, so did she with this little fact. This was her secret.
It took her a moment, a handful of seconds passing before she could gather her bearings; and even then it was obvious her usual sultry tone was forced.
“ Just wanted to hear the good news from the fox himself. ” curled lips mimicked a smirk, and cut nails dragged lines into the surface of the desk. “ Is that such a crime, Roman -- If you’re doing as well as you say you are, why do you sound so defensive? ”
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