[What was this man, some wandering monk out despising sage advice that no one who actually worked or served to earn a living had the wherewithal to follow? Her expression grows even more annoyed at the comment, partly to cover a strange sense of confusion that she felt over the fact that something about him… felt like the answer to that was definitely a “no”.
There was something about him, an undercurrent she could only call “instinct” that said this man seemed far too sharp to be a monk.]
My hands are too busy with the bow to pick up a needle.
[That snap will have to do. That, and how she snatched the leather swatch he holds out towards her.
… Or rather, how she misses the leather swatch he holds out towards her. Her depth perception has been affected by the loss of her left eye, still too new for her to have adjusted properly. Yet even though it was perfectly reasonable she not be, her face flushes with an intense, half enraged pale of embarrassment and shame over such a blatant weakness on display.
She gets it the second time, her lip twitching in the corner but trying not to sneer.]
I have no coin, I just want to know how much I need.
[… How she was going to actually get coin, though… ???]
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There was something about him, an undercurrent she could only call “instinct” that said this man seemed far too sharp to be a monk.]
My hands are too busy with the bow to pick up a needle.
[That snap will have to do. That, and how she snatched the leather swatch he holds out towards her.
… Or rather, how she misses the leather swatch he holds out towards her. Her depth perception has been affected by the loss of her left eye, still too new for her to have adjusted properly. Yet even though it was perfectly reasonable she not be, her face flushes with an intense, half enraged pale of embarrassment and shame over such a blatant weakness on display.
She gets it the second time, her lip twitching in the corner but trying not to sneer.]
I have no coin, I just want to know how much I need.
[… How she was going to actually get coin, though… ???]