Trahearne's disorientation does not go unnoticed, but he seemed mostly lucid. Better than Dreamsick and out of control. The retort pulled the corner of a genuine smile out of him, too. Everyone he knows will be displeased if he actually follows up on that invitation.
"Clearly no one ever taught them manners," the vampire quipped, leaving his arms at his sides in contrast to Trahearne's defensiveness. "Though I will applaud whomever encouraged their audacity."
Devin paused to scrutinize Trahearne, then the table so recently surrounded by rotting, frightful illusions. The study was fruitless; no trace remained of the Risen except in Trahearne's mind.
"You do have rather nasty 'preoccupations'. How would you stop them if they became tangible? And I'm not asking for a full accounting of your powers, before you start thinking this is some kind of tactic," he elaborates with a sharp glance. "Needless to say I would rather not have a horde of those things loose in the streets and the only person who knows about them in any detail completely incoherent."
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"Clearly no one ever taught them manners," the vampire quipped, leaving his arms at his sides in contrast to Trahearne's defensiveness. "Though I will applaud whomever encouraged their audacity."
Devin paused to scrutinize Trahearne, then the table so recently surrounded by rotting, frightful illusions. The study was fruitless; no trace remained of the Risen except in Trahearne's mind.
"You do have rather nasty 'preoccupations'. How would you stop them if they became tangible? And I'm not asking for a full accounting of your powers, before you start thinking this is some kind of tactic," he elaborates with a sharp glance. "Needless to say I would rather not have a horde of those things loose in the streets and the only person who knows about them in any detail completely incoherent."