There, Robins had gotten there eventually, and he still sounded a little set adrift by the assignment, but it was hardly the most outlandish thing Barnaby might have asked for.
He could always go back to the dancing bear request once the kestrel was in his grasp.
“I have the utmost faith in you,” Barnaby said gallantly, floating up and pretending to rest his hand upon the – obscenely tall – fellow’s shoulders. Except that remark went a touch beyond all credulity, didn’t it? Barnaby amended the thought accordingly, at his protests of it taking some time. “...And fortunately I am not going anywhere.”
He could always go back to the dancing bear request once the kestrel was in his grasp.
“I have the utmost faith in you,” Barnaby said gallantly, floating up and pretending to rest his hand upon the – obscenely tall – fellow’s shoulders. Except that remark went a touch beyond all credulity, didn’t it? Barnaby amended the thought accordingly, at his protests of it taking some time. “...And fortunately I am not going anywhere.”
