[Iona doesn't say anything for a second. She just examines him with her brown eyes, like and unlike her grandmother's. Her pair didn't have any mystical layers hidden beneath like Berna's. She had said it herself back at the charity ball; "unblemished and hopelessly optimistic and loving."
The words she offers are simple and direct.]
That must really suck. And I hope this job isn't like, irritating or anything.
[Cause just now, she wonders if Thomas is doing this just to humor her. Like in the short time they've known each other... Wow it was short. But he was easy to talk to. Charming in that way unnaturally older people were... She kind of sees why Berna would take a liking to him, criminal ties aside.]
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The words she offers are simple and direct.]
That must really suck. And I hope this job isn't like, irritating or anything.
[Cause just now, she wonders if Thomas is doing this just to humor her. Like in the short time they've known each other... Wow it was short. But he was easy to talk to. Charming in that way unnaturally older people were... She kind of sees why Berna would take a liking to him, criminal ties aside.]