Conall did not spend a great deal of his life scrutinising people in their habitats, not their words or actions or weird little human quirks, but never had an oh, yes sounded more like its opposite. He wasn’t entirely thick.
He didn’t think asking after the husband would make things any better, however, and was just about floundering on what else to say to move on from that too-quiet-house of hers, when she found that solution for herself. “Ah, of course,” Conall agreed, latching onto the change of subject without thinking fast enough not to say, “and what are you working on these -” He caught himself before he finished, at least, and raised a hand to wave off that question. “Right. Never mind.”
Mysteries.
He didn’t think asking after the husband would make things any better, however, and was just about floundering on what else to say to move on from that too-quiet-house of hers, when she found that solution for herself. “Ah, of course,” Conall agreed, latching onto the change of subject without thinking fast enough not to say, “and what are you working on these -” He caught himself before he finished, at least, and raised a hand to wave off that question. “Right. Never mind.”
Mysteries.
