[ Her amusement is like secondhand smoke. The urge to take a step back rises, even though Seth knows that's not going to do any good.
This woman, she's as interested in getting a reaction out of him as Annie had been. Shinji had been right, when he'd talked about lessons and people prodding into his head. Seth is as uninterested in providing his credentials now as he had been in the midst of that conversation. A better sell would be talking about killing a god, closing the gates of hell, surviving a goddamn snake pit. But Seth snorts instead, swirling the sweet-smelling alcohol in his glass. ]
Just a hunch.
[ And not unfounded, considering the slew of sloppiness on display at the moment. Seth doubts it was a calculated decision to follow up the funeral by hitting the bar this hard. He'd barely need his own drink if the idea of riding everyone else's buzz wasn't so unpalatable. ]
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This woman, she's as interested in getting a reaction out of him as Annie had been. Shinji had been right, when he'd talked about lessons and people prodding into his head. Seth is as uninterested in providing his credentials now as he had been in the midst of that conversation. A better sell would be talking about killing a god, closing the gates of hell, surviving a goddamn snake pit. But Seth snorts instead, swirling the sweet-smelling alcohol in his glass. ]
Just a hunch.
[ And not unfounded, considering the slew of sloppiness on display at the moment. Seth doubts it was a calculated decision to follow up the funeral by hitting the bar this hard. He'd barely need his own drink if the idea of riding everyone else's buzz wasn't so unpalatable. ]