szpakowaty: (11.)
emiel ʀᴇɢɪs rohellec terzieff-godefroy. ([personal profile] szpakowaty) wrote in [personal profile] froggie 2024-05-10 03:44 am (UTC)

[ He pauses mid-inspection of the cheese in the basket (orange, crumbly, something that pairs well with the bottle sitting next to it, probably) when Fizzarolli apologizes for potentially impolite racial comments, and the gesture is-

-Gods, it really is just the most charming thing. Here, in this world, where humans have killed elves for trifles and hung halflings for the crime of being short-statured. Here, in this world, where witchers are called mutants for slaughtering monsters that simply deigned to exist near so-called civilization.

Fizzarolli, who is someone from literal Hell, has the decency to apologize for saying something that could be construed as ignorant. Regis turns, looks over his shoulder with cheese in hand, and laughs brightly.
]

Someone with courage, integrity, and nobility. [ Without patronization. His smile is sincere but tight-lipped so as not to show teeth, a habit he's picked up over hundreds of years. ] Hell must be a wonderful place, with you in it.

[ Another light chuckle, and he shakes his head. ] No, you haven't offended at all. Many vampires do drink, to varying degrees of indulgence and violence. I simply chose not to, out of circumstance and principle. [ The last bit is a bit solemn, but it doesn't quite hit "sad". ] At any rate, I find rumors about vampires quite funny. You've no need to worry about my feelings on the matter.

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