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[almost-arabian.livejournal.com]

There is a Lawrence.

He is half-slouched on the couch with a flat surface in front of him, idly scribbling on a grid-type paper with coloured inks. He is in fact making a map.

Yes, from Memory. It will be surprisingly accurate.

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[dukeorsquire.livejournal.com]

Terence is actually not the type of man who needs to be smashed, often, or ever.

"The army is a perfectly comprehensible explanation."

[almost-arabian.livejournal.com]

He laughs.

"Not so much the fighting as the events following afterward, you understand."

[dukeorsquire.livejournal.com]

"but of course. Going into battle having had this --" he spins his glass, "would be suicide."

[almost-arabian.livejournal.com]

The laughing, it does not stop.

"Ah, you would be surprised, my friend."

[dukeorsquire.livejournal.com]

"Indeed?"

[almost-arabian.livejournal.com]

He straightens a moment later.

"More suicidal things were done that I have not died from."

[dukeorsquire.livejournal.com]

"Someday, you'll have to tell me all about it."

But right now, Lawrence is just creeping him right the fuck out, with his laughter and his scars and his 'lookit me, ma, not dead!'

[almost-arabian.livejournal.com]

Lawrence tends to sometimes have that effect on people. Otherwise he's really quite charming.

"I suppose that if you really wanted to know, I could produce you a copy of my book."

He smiles. "Mark Cohen has one copy, you see, but I believe the Bar would give me another if I asked very nicely."

[dukeorsquire.livejournal.com]

His manner not only looks (but isn't really) insubordinate; it's also insulting, insinuating, and irritating, and that's just the 'i''s.

"I do not believe I have made Mark Cohen's acquantiance, but I'm sure you're more than capable of procuring another."

[almost-arabian.livejournal.com]

At least there's no 'f''s.

But he really doesn't mean to be irritating. After he gives a light nod, he picks up his pen to begin his maps again.

"But of course, Terence."

[dukeorsquire.livejournal.com]

"The next time, perhaps. I'll keep an eye for you."

After all, he might just be in an odd mood today. And last time. Terence can be charitiable.

[almost-arabian.livejournal.com]

A faint smile.

"That would perhaps be favorable." He's always in an odd mood. It's his impulsiveness, the player thinks.

[dukeorsquire.livejournal.com]

"I shall look forward to it," Terence says, and rises. He hasn't finished his drink, but he's not going to.

[almost-arabian.livejournal.com]

Pansy.

Lawrence simply goes back to his mapmaking completley, now.