[He has not known Damianos as a man that hesitates. While it is not impossible to get beneath his guard, Laurent has never known him to linger thoughtfully along the edges, to loiter in indecision. As such, he takes that silence to be his answer and turns from view instead.
It does nothing to decrease the space between them, and though he dangles just outside of arm's reach, leaning down to retrieve his board of cheeses, there is another kind of distance taking up residence. Repairs to the walls of a fortress. With a casual glance, it would be easy to have overlooked the cracks entirely.]
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It does nothing to decrease the space between them, and though he dangles just outside of arm's reach, leaning down to retrieve his board of cheeses, there is another kind of distance taking up residence. Repairs to the walls of a fortress. With a casual glance, it would be easy to have overlooked the cracks entirely.]
That is your duty discharged then, barkeep.