[ Not a yes, or a no, or even a maybe, but a completely different answer altogether. His tone is impassive, a flat reading of the situation in front of him.
Well...
Mostly impassive. There's a hint of something else in there, too, though what it is...is unclear. Surprise. Resignation, perhaps.
Waiting for the inevitable mockery to begin, maybe. That was usually how these things went. He has realised perhaps a little too late that this conversation was heading down this inevitable path all along, and resigned himself to it.
He continues to painstakingly construct what is taking shape as some kind of musical device. Grooves in the surface of the cylinder are arranged in painstaking patterns; they are the paths where the needle will move along when the crank is wound. ]
no subject
[ Not a yes, or a no, or even a maybe, but a completely different answer altogether. His tone is impassive, a flat reading of the situation in front of him.
Well...
Mostly impassive. There's a hint of something else in there, too, though what it is...is unclear. Surprise. Resignation, perhaps.
Waiting for the inevitable mockery to begin, maybe. That was usually how these things went. He has realised perhaps a little too late that this conversation was heading down this inevitable path all along, and resigned himself to it.
He continues to painstakingly construct what is taking shape as some kind of musical device. Grooves in the surface of the cylinder are arranged in painstaking patterns; they are the paths where the needle will move along when the crank is wound. ]