"Age does not entitle you to rudeness, Don Sebastien," Emma chided lightly. "Of course I have it. Someone must take care of it for Jack, and I am the only person who came to Russia with him. We might have needed it to convince Irina of our intentions."
There was only the briefest of hesitations as she quickly leaned in to - defiantly, almost - brush a tumble of curls away from Jack's face as he helped with her boots. "I shall be fantastically impossible, thank you, darling, and don't fret. I know my way to where she is, and unlike most of our classmates, I haven't the faintest desire to run about the city playing hero."
"...and if the hospitals start having a run of would-be muggers who think they're ducks, it isn't my fault."
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Date: 2012-01-27 03:15 am (UTC)There was only the briefest of hesitations as she quickly leaned in to - defiantly, almost - brush a tumble of curls away from Jack's face as he helped with her boots. "I shall be fantastically impossible, thank you, darling, and don't fret. I know my way to where she is, and unlike most of our classmates, I haven't the faintest desire to run about the city playing hero."
"...and if the hospitals start having a run of would-be muggers who think they're ducks, it isn't my fault."
Yes, it would be.