[Enticing though it may be to sit at the bar and let the world grow blurry through the haze of cheap hokk, Takasugi's sojourns to the counter are brief. He collects two glasses, only to return just one.
Drink in hand and money in pocket, many delegates find being the subject of his attention a delight.
After lacing the ears of a portly man with gnarled hands - he's worked the fields himself he says, and he hates to see the hard work of so many go unrewarded (he includes himself, and the depths of his coffers, in this assessment) - Takasugi retreats to the bar. He leans on the counter top, an elbow splayed on the threshold of Rhys's personal space.]
I heard your proposal. [As he speaks his eyes slide sly across the table - gleaning lukewarm hokk and a screen full of figures.] Of all of us, it's best if at least you - the one with unbridled ambition - look hopeful.
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Drink in hand and money in pocket, many delegates find being the subject of his attention a delight.
After lacing the ears of a portly man with gnarled hands - he's worked the fields himself he says, and he hates to see the hard work of so many go unrewarded (he includes himself, and the depths of his coffers, in this assessment) - Takasugi retreats to the bar. He leans on the counter top, an elbow splayed on the threshold of Rhys's personal space.]
I heard your proposal. [As he speaks his eyes slide sly across the table - gleaning lukewarm hokk and a screen full of figures.] Of all of us, it's best if at least you - the one with unbridled ambition - look hopeful.