Trade Secret (Earc)
“She looked up at him with a tired smile.
"Now, Trader, you're not looking to me for bed-games, I'm thinking." "I would be honored, if you think you might find me of use," he said, which was the proper response, and he would be honored, if she decided so.
She laughed, right out loud.
"Forty Standards! Hell, twenty Standards! But now? And having been crushed? Find somebody who can keep up with you!" "But I came," he said earnestly, "to thank you." She eyed him shrewdly. "Thank me for what?" "For ...the opportunity to succeed," he said seriously, which was almost exactly what he would have said in Liaden. He dropped to one knee beside her chair.
"May I give a gift?" "I'm never one to turn down a present. Is it a nice one?" "You must be the judge," he said, and reached up to detach the modest gold ring that adorned his ear. Leaning forward, he affixed it to hers, and leaned back smiling.
"Like it was made for you," he said.
She lifted her fingers, felt the adornment gently, and shook her head at him.MoreLess
"Now, Trader, you're not looking to me for bed-games, I'm thinking." "I would be honored, if you think you might find me of use," he said, which was the proper response, and he would be honored, if she decided so.
She laughed, right out loud.
"Forty Standards! Hell, twenty Standards! But now? And having been crushed? Find somebody who can keep up with you!" "But I came," he said earnestly, "to thank you." She eyed him shrewdly. "Thank me for what?" "For ...the opportunity to succeed," he said seriously, which was almost exactly what he would have said in Liaden. He dropped to one knee beside her chair.
"May I give a gift?" "I'm never one to turn down a present. Is it a nice one?" "You must be the judge," he said, and reached up to detach the modest gold ring that adorned his ear. Leaning forward, he affixed it to hers, and leaned back smiling.
"Like it was made for you," he said.
She lifted her fingers, felt the adornment gently, and shook her head at him.MoreLess
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