❛ forgive me, sir. i didn't mean to eavesdrop. ❜ the young lord standing alongside the fireplace, half a world away from the rest of the room's occupants, finally speaks up. breath was better spent nursing the glass of wine in hand than trying to insert himself into a conversation, the likes of which his uncle would only chase him back out of. but this man too seems to have been cut off; and the laughter erupts once more. heaven only knows what for. the corner he finds himself in is not so desolate as to be wholly out of the conversation, however. hans can hear perfectly well from here. but a show of manners felt a better introduction, if anything.
a glance cuts across the room towards his uncle, howling his boorish laughter across his second course. just so long as he wasn't looking — and he'd give hans as little attention as he could rightly manage. expression steeled, he turns his attention back to the stranger. ❛ but if it's assistance you're seeking, i'm afraid you've come to the wrong place. ❜ a slow sip from his cup and his eyes casting down, it's like he's ashamed to admit as such. not that capon could offer anything other than commiseration in the shadow of unruly lords and corrupt kings. fertile lands were better primed for the taking than for harvest it would seem. he looks back at the man, far more sheepish now than the guile that led him to his previous statement and the wine sitting sour on his tongue. he can't help but drop his gaze once more, this time into the cup, once again plagued by his uselessness.
❛ ... i'm sorry. ❜
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