Someone was here!
And apparently someone new. Elias craned his neck to see the doorway, and got to his feet when he realised it was a young lady he didn’t recognise. He was rather pleased with himself for having heard the hello and noticing her entrance promptly at all - so pleased that he’d forgotten the importance of first impressions, and also of first things first.
“Mmmfph,” Elias offered in cheery greeting, and then set down the broom to be better able to take the handle of the twig-clippers out of his mouth. (One needed three or four hands when working like this, he’d always thought it. Or floating tools.) Possibly he should have stopped the tail-repair he was wrestling with before trying to greet the customer. “Good day,” he repeated, with a bright smile to accompany it this time, hastily running a hand through his dishevelled hair. “How can I help you?”
And apparently someone new. Elias craned his neck to see the doorway, and got to his feet when he realised it was a young lady he didn’t recognise. He was rather pleased with himself for having heard the hello and noticing her entrance promptly at all - so pleased that he’d forgotten the importance of first impressions, and also of first things first.
“Mmmfph,” Elias offered in cheery greeting, and then set down the broom to be better able to take the handle of the twig-clippers out of his mouth. (One needed three or four hands when working like this, he’d always thought it. Or floating tools.) Possibly he should have stopped the tail-repair he was wrestling with before trying to greet the customer. “Good day,” he repeated, with a bright smile to accompany it this time, hastily running a hand through his dishevelled hair. “How can I help you?”
look ANOTHER beautiful bee!set <3