[He's taking a step back, keeping his distance as the flames flare up in Jason's hand and trying not to show the fact that he's definitely intimidated. It's bad enough that Jason's doing this. It's another that the fire's growing bigger and bigger.
But he's still going to lie. He's still going to wiggle his way out of this one and though when he speaks his voice cracks slightly the way it always does when he's caught off-guard, he still sounds fairly confident in his story.]
Got busy. I had some stuff to take care of before the month was over. [The harp. The turmoil of dealing with a fresh wave of Tadashi-strings and home-strings and things he didn't want to disclose to anybody who didn't need to know…which…was everybody, really. He tilts his chin up a little to look Jason in the eye.] Pretty sure the messages wouldn't have been delivered if a shardbearer's dead.
[He's still trying to step back and he looks away then, trying to walk off onto another path even if he has no idea where he's going.] I had my own fastballs. It's not a big deal.
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But he's still going to lie. He's still going to wiggle his way out of this one and though when he speaks his voice cracks slightly the way it always does when he's caught off-guard, he still sounds fairly confident in his story.]
Got busy. I had some stuff to take care of before the month was over. [The harp. The turmoil of dealing with a fresh wave of Tadashi-strings and home-strings and things he didn't want to disclose to anybody who didn't need to know…which…was everybody, really. He tilts his chin up a little to look Jason in the eye.] Pretty sure the messages wouldn't have been delivered if a shardbearer's dead.
[He's still trying to step back and he looks away then, trying to walk off onto another path even if he has no idea where he's going.] I had my own fastballs. It's not a big deal.