- Shadewave
The tom was so lost in thought that he didn't hear Jade-Eye approach. He flinched slightly at her touch before turning to the deputy.
He nodded in response to her question. After an awkward few heartbeats, he remembered with a jolt that she couldn't see him nodding, and quickly tried covering up his mistake.
"Mhm, I fouf fhe 'ould lie if" He stammered awkwardly through the fish, mentally clawing himself for not just putting it down.
Too late now. He put the fish down.
"I can't imagine having to suddenly take on such a position, and having to take on an apprentice at the same time. I'd be overwhelmed! She seems to be handling it well." He tried pushing the ice in his blood down in an attempt to be friendly. Open suspicion would just put everyone in a bad mood.