"It's okay," Dave says, kindly. Looking down at Kevin, who is rather significantly shorter than he is.
"I'm tough. I can take it."
He grins at Kim, and then looks back at Kevin. Who is still shorter than he is.
But Dave isn't thinking about the height difference, exactly. What he's thinking about now is Kevin Laine's face - his face seven months before, in a room at the Park Plaza Hotel. His face, as he swore an oath, looking down at the wreckage of a woman, the wreckage of Jennifer, on the floor.
To this I will make reply although he be a god and it mean my death.
Dave's less sensitive these days, it's true. His time in Fionavar has done a lot for him.
But Kevin, especially, gets a little latitude - Kevin, who used to be the most jarring thorn in Dave's side.
Because even though three-quarters of the time his words jab without meaning it, and sometimes hurt like hell - well. When he gets them right, he gets them right.
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"I'm tough. I can take it."
He grins at Kim, and then looks back at Kevin. Who is still shorter than he is.
But Dave isn't thinking about the height difference, exactly. What he's thinking about now is Kevin Laine's face - his face seven months before, in a room at the Park Plaza Hotel. His face, as he swore an oath, looking down at the wreckage of a woman, the wreckage of Jennifer, on the floor.
To this I will make reply although he be a god and it mean my death.
Dave's less sensitive these days, it's true. His time in Fionavar has done a lot for him.
But Kevin, especially, gets a little latitude - Kevin, who used to be the most jarring thorn in Dave's side.
Because even though three-quarters of the time his words jab without meaning it, and sometimes hurt like hell - well. When he gets them right, he gets them right.