The more Pepper thought of it, tempting someone to sloth sounded an awful lot like saying, Go ahead, you can sit in that chair all day. Won't hurt anyone. And that did sound pretty bloody boring. "So in case they ask what sort of work you're doing, you can tell them that you are a Master of Sleep," she said with a great expansive gesture as though it were something to be proud of. It actually made her wonder, though; if sleep for him was the same as sleep for her. "Do you dream, like everyone else?"
She snorted when he suggested Brian as a "lovely wife", now because it had so many new connotations for her friend. "Oh, I don't know if Brian qualifies as that. Mostly, he was just dirty and couldn't remember his lines. Mem'rization isn't one of his strong points. We just shouted 'Out damn'd spot! out, I say!' at him a lot," she recalled, giggling. "I dun't think you've met 'im proper yet, though."
Pepper smiled through the speech. If it was showing off, she didn't seem to notice in the least. Only than it sounded much better coming from him than it ever had from her, but then again, she'd been pretty young the last time she'd recited it. "Excellent speech 'ndeed," she agreed, applauding lightly when he was finished. "Of course, you don't want to actually view your life that way, or you'd be pretty d'pressed the whole way through it, but it doesn' make the point any less powerful."
Crowley was probably good with a saber, came her next thought, rather suddenly. She had no idea why she thought that, it was just a feeling. "If you won most of your battles you must be pretty damn good, I'd say." Though people tried to make it look graceful all the time, actual fencing was really hard in her experience. "I mostly learned because of the games we played, and then I just kept at it. 'Cept the hand to hand stuff which was mostly because I was little and female and wanted to make sure that everyone listened to what I said." And didn't make fun of her name. But that was another story entirely.
"Something Adam's not supposed to know?" She grinned wickedly. "There are lots of things that Adam's not supposed to know...." Like you giving me flowers a minute ago and me getting all light-headed over it, that'd be a start. "That reminds me, don't ever invite him to read your mind, it's not smart." Pepper thought hard for a moment, staring at the ceiling, tongue peeking from between her lips just like during maths tests. "How about my first year at uni on Hallowe'en when everyone in my buildin' decided it would be funny to get me drunk and make me Queen of the Hallowe'en Parade. Dressed as a domintrix. It was pretty horrific, and I couldn't look anyone on my floor in the eye for a month. I still refused to wear the heels, apparently. So they had a barefoot dominatrix, which I'm pretty sure doesn't make sense..." She was sure to be bright red now. It was still embarrassing, and she was surprised that she'd managed to say it aloud.
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She snorted when he suggested Brian as a "lovely wife", now because it had so many new connotations for her friend. "Oh, I don't know if Brian qualifies as that. Mostly, he was just dirty and couldn't remember his lines. Mem'rization isn't one of his strong points. We just shouted 'Out damn'd spot! out, I say!' at him a lot," she recalled, giggling. "I dun't think you've met 'im proper yet, though."
Pepper smiled through the speech. If it was showing off, she didn't seem to notice in the least. Only than it sounded much better coming from him than it ever had from her, but then again, she'd been pretty young the last time she'd recited it. "Excellent speech 'ndeed," she agreed, applauding lightly when he was finished. "Of course, you don't want to actually view your life that way, or you'd be pretty d'pressed the whole way through it, but it doesn' make the point any less powerful."
Crowley was probably good with a saber, came her next thought, rather suddenly. She had no idea why she thought that, it was just a feeling. "If you won most of your battles you must be pretty damn good, I'd say." Though people tried to make it look graceful all the time, actual fencing was really hard in her experience. "I mostly learned because of the games we played, and then I just kept at it. 'Cept the hand to hand stuff which was mostly because I was little and female and wanted to make sure that everyone listened to what I said." And didn't make fun of her name. But that was another story entirely.
"Something Adam's not supposed to know?" She grinned wickedly. "There are lots of things that Adam's not supposed to know...." Like you giving me flowers a minute ago and me getting all light-headed over it, that'd be a start. "That reminds me, don't ever invite him to read your mind, it's not smart." Pepper thought hard for a moment, staring at the ceiling, tongue peeking from between her lips just like during maths tests. "How about my first year at uni on Hallowe'en when everyone in my buildin' decided it would be funny to get me drunk and make me Queen of the Hallowe'en Parade. Dressed as a domintrix. It was pretty horrific, and I couldn't look anyone on my floor in the eye for a month. I still refused to wear the heels, apparently. So they had a barefoot dominatrix, which I'm pretty sure doesn't make sense..." She was sure to be bright red now. It was still embarrassing, and she was surprised that she'd managed to say it aloud.