[ Thancred isn't expecting such a rousing response to some well-meaning ribbing of Stephen. While Himeka also joins in, her comments are more about giving Stephen a little more grief and revealing some information in the process, not...
What this man has just done. With the casual tone that's nonetheless communicating a great deal of resentment, it may as well be a knife in the kidneys in a dark alley. There's a great deal of baggage here, that much is clear, and Thancred can only assume that this is a person from Stephen's home. Like Wanda.
Thancred looks over his shoulder at the man and his peanuts, both eyebrows raised, scandalized by the public outburst but also deeply curious. While he's learned a great deal about Stephen, this man had not come up during their long journey through Thorne.
It's only after things calm down, Sam returns, and the meeting effectively ends that Thancred circles back around to the stranger where he's leaned over the kitchen counter. ]
And I thought I was being disruptive. [ He cants his head toward the stranger. ] A friend of Stephen's, I take it?
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What this man has just done. With the casual tone that's nonetheless communicating a great deal of resentment, it may as well be a knife in the kidneys in a dark alley. There's a great deal of baggage here, that much is clear, and Thancred can only assume that this is a person from Stephen's home. Like Wanda.
Thancred looks over his shoulder at the man and his peanuts, both eyebrows raised, scandalized by the public outburst but also deeply curious. While he's learned a great deal about Stephen, this man had not come up during their long journey through Thorne.
It's only after things calm down, Sam returns, and the meeting effectively ends that Thancred circles back around to the stranger where he's leaned over the kitchen counter. ]
And I thought I was being disruptive. [ He cants his head toward the stranger. ] A friend of Stephen's, I take it?