"What's wrong, Tegau? Your fool brother being troublesome again?"
"When aren't they being troublesome?"
O'Connor laughed boisterously at Tegau's statement. "A very good observation. Men ain't nothing but trouble." Looking over at Brian, who had suddenly gone suspiciously quiet, "Don't you agree, Brian? Men ain't nothing but trouble?" She gave him a crooked grin that indicated she was ready to pounce on whatever his answer was.
Brian closed his eyes, wishing as hard as ever he could for something, anything, to interrupt just at that moment - a comedy act, a fire alarm, a page to rejoin the ship urgently…
...but interruption came there none.
What was he supposed to say? Agree and he looked like a wuss. Disagree and goodness knows where that would go. Point out that the sentence contained a double-negative and… yeah, that kind of response always went well, didn’t it.
He opened his eyes.
“Little brothers are notoriously so,” he ventured, only really going on anecdotal evidence, neither having one nor being one himself.Statistics: Posted by Brian Pendragon — Mon Mar 28, 2016 4:08 pm
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