[ He finds himself repeating her words somewhat bemusedly, holding at bay the questions that immediately spring to his mind, because at the end of the day: it's not his business.
Right now, his business is finding this book, which-- damn, she doesn't have a name tag-- is offering to help him with, so he might as well take her up on it. ]
Oh. Yeah. I'm looking for a book.
[ NAILED IT.
No, wait, he didn't nail it. That's so far from nailing it. ]
A cookbook. Culinary Curses? [ A beat. ] That's just the name. I'm not planning on cooking a batch of cursed brownies and setting them loose on the PTA or anything. [ Though, when he puts it like that, it sounds like that's exactly what he's planned. Another beat, and then he adds: ]
It's for my daughter. To read. As one... does... with books...
no subject
[ He finds himself repeating her words somewhat bemusedly, holding at bay the questions that immediately spring to his mind, because at the end of the day: it's not his business.
Right now, his business is finding this book, which-- damn, she doesn't have a name tag-- is offering to help him with, so he might as well take her up on it. ]
Oh. Yeah. I'm looking for a book.
[ NAILED IT.
No, wait, he didn't nail it. That's so far from nailing it. ]
A cookbook. Culinary Curses? [ A beat. ] That's just the name. I'm not planning on cooking a batch of cursed brownies and setting them loose on the PTA or anything. [ Though, when he puts it like that, it sounds like that's exactly what he's planned. Another beat, and then he adds: ]
It's for my daughter. To read. As one... does... with books...
[ please stop him ]