[ He seizes onto that last part. Flirting is safer than this...sincerity. Much safer. Don't be a fool, Byerly. You're here to manipulate his emotions, remember? To get this man, who is clever and fierce and rather dangerous, on your side. To cement him to your own cause. He tells himself that the vague fluttering feeling in his stomach is simply an illusion - something he's forcing himself to feel, so that he'll more convincingly play the romantic lead upon this stage. Nothing more than that. Right. He's absolutely in control. Absolutely...
He tries to tilt his head at a jaunty angle, looks at Dorian from under his eyelashes. The gesture is just a little bit unnatural. ]
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He tries to tilt his head at a jaunty angle, looks at Dorian from under his eyelashes. The gesture is just a little bit unnatural. ]
And are you one of them, dear Dorian?