[She laughs as he snatches the lime out of her mouth, and damn, that was quick. He's right, though; a quick loss would take all the fun out of it. She'd just grab for him now if she wanted to speed things along.]
Not bad.
[Now she reaches for the salt, taking a long moment to run her tongue over the back of her hand so it'll stick when she pours it.]
[Sometimes you learn to move fast and find ways to apply that skill elsewhere. The lime juice is sucked from the fruit and the rind's set aside when he's finished, hopping up on another space of the bar.
They're not dumb. Neither of them are stupid and he knows they're both aware of the end goal here. But there's something about the anticipation of it that makes it more interesting. Plus it's time to kill and something normal, something he could imagine himself still doing if he had a regular-ass life.
With that cheerful thought, he'll reach over and pour a shot into the glass.]
You have the clear advantage here. [Mostly in that she has a convenient space to rest the glass. It takes him a moment to think, but he settles for shifting the bottom hem of his shirt up and balancing the glass carefully on his exposed hip/lower abdomen.] But we'll stay in easy mode for now.
[And with that he shuts up and shoves the lime wedge into his mouth, teeth sinking just a little into the rind.]
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Not bad.
[Now she reaches for the salt, taking a long moment to run her tongue over the back of her hand so it'll stick when she pours it.]
Your turn, then.
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They're not dumb. Neither of them are stupid and he knows they're both aware of the end goal here. But there's something about the anticipation of it that makes it more interesting. Plus it's time to kill and something normal, something he could imagine himself still doing if he had a regular-ass life.
With that cheerful thought, he'll reach over and pour a shot into the glass.]
You have the clear advantage here. [Mostly in that she has a convenient space to rest the glass. It takes him a moment to think, but he settles for shifting the bottom hem of his shirt up and balancing the glass carefully on his exposed hip/lower abdomen.] But we'll stay in easy mode for now.
[And with that he shuts up and shoves the lime wedge into his mouth, teeth sinking just a little into the rind.]