( asking Graham to lighten up is a bit like asking water to consider being a bit more dry. being serious is basically his only setting, excluding rare occasions. still, apparently this is one of them, as he shakes his head with a hint of something pulling at his features, something that could be known as a smile if a heartless man were even capable of such things. )
You protest only gently, then. ( gentle protests he can work with... especially if Achilles might give them a try. that's all he can really ask for, really.
Graham nods at the invitation to stay as long as he likes. he likely won't stay horribly long, though certainly long enough to finish his wine. wine wouldn't be his first choice, yet it would be shameful not to finish it. he is taking a sip when Achilles rises to get something, though he's honestly a bit surprised when Achilles comes back armed with a gift of his own. somehow, even though he'd come bearing one, the huntsman could not hoped to have expected something in return.
he sets down the wine to take the offered guards, turning them over in his hands. it's an odd thing, to be offered a gift, and he might never grow used to it. ) For me? Truly? ( he sounds a little dazed at the suggestion, though he does pause to undo the button at his wrist, so he can try one of the braces on. )
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You protest only gently, then. ( gentle protests he can work with... especially if Achilles might give them a try. that's all he can really ask for, really.
Graham nods at the invitation to stay as long as he likes. he likely won't stay horribly long, though certainly long enough to finish his wine. wine wouldn't be his first choice, yet it would be shameful not to finish it. he is taking a sip when Achilles rises to get something, though he's honestly a bit surprised when Achilles comes back armed with a gift of his own. somehow, even though he'd come bearing one, the huntsman could not hoped to have expected something in return.
he sets down the wine to take the offered guards, turning them over in his hands. it's an odd thing, to be offered a gift, and he might never grow used to it. ) For me? Truly? ( he sounds a little dazed at the suggestion, though he does pause to undo the button at his wrist, so he can try one of the braces on. )