[ Adrian rolls his eyes. ] You'll live. [ In truth, he wouldn't have minded cleaning up the boots if the man wasn't so irritating about it, but using so much magic over a short period of time is still... unpleasant. Pain prickles at his back, and that only irritates him more. It's worse than the bruises that have begun to darken around his neck.
He rubs at the back of his neck with a grimace that he's not bothered to hide. That's the nice thing about whatever it is they have here — the man won't care, and Adrian doesn't want him to. ] You don't..? No, I suppose you would have done it already if you did want me dead. [ He glances at the people on the floor, all of them in pain but all of them still breathing. ] I would recommend against strangling, however, as you seem so concerned for the state of your boots.
[ The dry tone is mostly joking, in a morbid sort of way, to cover the discomfort over the fact that the man is probably right. While he doesn't think this murderer is particularly worried about being brought to justice, he doesn't like the idea that the killing will continue elsewhere.
The man seems to know what he's talking about, all told, and Adrian isn't so stubborn that he can't admit that he doesn't. At the end of the day, what matters is that the murder gets solved. He nods toward the door. ] Let's go somewhere quiet, then. I'll tell you what I know, in case there's anything of use, and at the end of it you can have your wish of finally shutting me up.
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He rubs at the back of his neck with a grimace that he's not bothered to hide. That's the nice thing about whatever it is they have here — the man won't care, and Adrian doesn't want him to. ] You don't..? No, I suppose you would have done it already if you did want me dead. [ He glances at the people on the floor, all of them in pain but all of them still breathing. ] I would recommend against strangling, however, as you seem so concerned for the state of your boots.
[ The dry tone is mostly joking, in a morbid sort of way, to cover the discomfort over the fact that the man is probably right. While he doesn't think this murderer is particularly worried about being brought to justice, he doesn't like the idea that the killing will continue elsewhere.
The man seems to know what he's talking about, all told, and Adrian isn't so stubborn that he can't admit that he doesn't. At the end of the day, what matters is that the murder gets solved. He nods toward the door. ] Let's go somewhere quiet, then. I'll tell you what I know, in case there's anything of use, and at the end of it you can have your wish of finally shutting me up.