Elias kept his expression neutral at the mention of her stretched funds, not having intended to make her explain herself and not altogether unfamiliar with how that felt, though he didn’t think wincing at it would properly convey the nuance there. Still, it made the loss of her Honeydukes purchase doubly a shame.
“Hard lessons, huh,” he just said, smiling lightly, and admiring of her fleet-footed progress forwards from it. All the same... “It’s not a patch on Honeydukes, I’ll admit, but the chocolate cake at the Three Broomsticks isn’t half bad,” he suggested cheerfully. “Or a consolation Butterbeer, if you like?” He meant to be the one buying, of course; he didn’t know whether she would take him up on the offer, but it felt less like overstepping at the Broomsticks than ambling down to wheedle a free replacement bag out of Quin.
Besides, he had been heading there anyway.
“Hard lessons, huh,” he just said, smiling lightly, and admiring of her fleet-footed progress forwards from it. All the same... “It’s not a patch on Honeydukes, I’ll admit, but the chocolate cake at the Three Broomsticks isn’t half bad,” he suggested cheerfully. “Or a consolation Butterbeer, if you like?” He meant to be the one buying, of course; he didn’t know whether she would take him up on the offer, but it felt less like overstepping at the Broomsticks than ambling down to wheedle a free replacement bag out of Quin.
Besides, he had been heading there anyway.
look ANOTHER beautiful bee!set <3