Though in some respects she's mistaken-- there's nothing of authority in him and he knows it down to the core of himself, he's a weapon, a Dog, he's Company property and it's something he accepts utterly, without question. It's the reason for his own vague feelings of dislike, perhaps-- she's too far outside his experience of how the world ought to be, a RAC agent and don't they always tend to get in the way? Too independent. It's not something he can easily comprehend.
Still. When her acerbic words bite into him, he barks out a laugh that's just as abrasive as his tone had been.]
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Though in some respects she's mistaken-- there's nothing of authority in him and he knows it down to the core of himself, he's a weapon, a Dog, he's Company property and it's something he accepts utterly, without question. It's the reason for his own vague feelings of dislike, perhaps-- she's too far outside his experience of how the world ought to be, a RAC agent and don't they always tend to get in the way? Too independent. It's not something he can easily comprehend.
Still. When her acerbic words bite into him, he barks out a laugh that's just as abrasive as his tone had been.]
You have such a way with words.