Oh, she wasn’t entirely stupid after all: she had caught on before he tanked her interview. Nick was almost disappointed – and he winced at the force of her grasp on his elbow, at any rate.
And what exactly was she going to say to the hospital on his behalf? He’s being nice, as if it were a terminal disease? Nick would have laughed mockingly, but of course he couldn’t, because he was... cursed, or something.
He cleared his throat of any traces of attempted sarcasm so that he could answer her plainly for once. “It’s new. As of this year.” He had been having trouble criticising anyone at the winter fair on New Year’s, and he had asked to be more likeable. Hopefully she might know what he was talking about, and not think he had lost his mind as well as his tongue. “I – ate a sweet?”
And what exactly was she going to say to the hospital on his behalf? He’s being nice, as if it were a terminal disease? Nick would have laughed mockingly, but of course he couldn’t, because he was... cursed, or something.
He cleared his throat of any traces of attempted sarcasm so that he could answer her plainly for once. “It’s new. As of this year.” He had been having trouble criticising anyone at the winter fair on New Year’s, and he had asked to be more likeable. Hopefully she might know what he was talking about, and not think he had lost his mind as well as his tongue. “I – ate a sweet?”
