Oh, now she had plenty to say, did she? Were he less annoyed with how the night had ended, Victor may have conceded that his introduction had been somewhat lackluster, as many of them were these days, but if he had any failings in that department they were only learned through experience. It made him look an ass when he called her clever or charming only to have his assessment disproven within the first thirty seconds of the interaction. If she couldn't at least pretend for a conversation, why should he?

"If all it took was a good introduction, you'd have been married years ago," he contended as he headed for the stairs. "Don't try to blame me."

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