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[hemlockcrown]

I am blind, not stupid. {Pout.}

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[mind_overmatter]

I'm not saying you are. [Did she say that? Lee certainly didn't, you'll find.] I'm just saying that-- well--

You realize that's a fork and not a comb, right?

[hemlockcrown]

You mean...this...isn't a precision detangler?!

{Astrid whines and throws the utensil in an unseen direction -- all she hears is a stray cat yelping before hearing the hurried gallop of small, padded feet.}

I spent five silver on that! Trecherous merchant, I should torch his cursed wares!

[mind_overmatter]

[Lee doesn't even duck when the fork is lobbed past her and apaparently into an unfortunate stray, but she does frown after the sound of the yowl.] Would that really make either of you feel better about yourselves? Perhaps you should just confront him in front of customers, then they won't shop there again.

[Maybe it's the animal violence, but Lee's suddenly feeling very zen about confrontation.]

[hemlockcrown]

{It's as if in her torrential rage, everything in Astrid stiffens like some cartoon blizzard has swept through the scene. Movement only returns to her when her body deflates on the trunk where she sits, thin shoulders slumping.}

No. There is a lesson to be learned in every failure...as my father used to tell me.

{A half-hearted smirk colours her lips as she turns her unfocused gaze in Lee's direction.} I did say that I "should" destroy his business, not that I will.

[inquisitive_nature]

I said nothing.

[hemlockcrown]

{A new voice sounds beside Astrid, and she whips around to face its source -- and nearly over-spins to pass by where he stands.}

Well I wasn't speaking to you, obvi--

{Wait.}

...Who are you? And where did that other man go? {How rude, for someone to walk away in the middle of a conversation!}

[mind_overmatter]

[Lee's not cowed by others' aggression, but she doesn't always understand it either, and coming from a fairly short-fused person that's saying something. There's always been something a bit... Well... Wealthy about Astrid? And Lee looks up from her lap once more at the mentioning of a family member. She even lifts her head back up from where it was leaning thoughtfully on her hand.]

Your father? He sounds like a wise man.