champagne, cocaine, gasoline; and most things in between
"I will show you it all when I take you on a tour of Stormbreak," Mateo assures her with a sunny, dimpled smile. "I own a flower shop up in the Pacifist Plaza, but I keep all of my interesting work in a laboratory in the back room there." He winks. The sorts of things he studies have a tendency to try to get out if he doesn't keep them behind a locked door, you see. "You just name the time and the place, and I wiill be there."
Privately very relieved that Theea doesn't push the point of his brief discomfort, instead the botanist steps around to help snip a short opening in the back of the dress where she will be able to stitch in some buttons or a clasp; either way, it will allow her to step out of it and be able to look at it properly to begin sewing. "And I can certainly get used to being yours," he agrees, offering a hand to help her out of the soon-to-be outfit.
"As am I. And hey, when you get to Ludo's masquerade, do not do anything that I would not do," he reminds her with a fiendish wink. That leaves her with a very short list of don'ts, granted, but Theea has probably figured that much out already.
Privately very relieved that Theea doesn't push the point of his brief discomfort, instead the botanist steps around to help snip a short opening in the back of the dress where she will be able to stitch in some buttons or a clasp; either way, it will allow her to step out of it and be able to look at it properly to begin sewing. "And I can certainly get used to being yours," he agrees, offering a hand to help her out of the soon-to-be outfit.
"As am I. And hey, when you get to Ludo's masquerade, do not do anything that I would not do," he reminds her with a fiendish wink. That leaves her with a very short list of don'ts, granted, but Theea has probably figured that much out already.
