[ Vasquez drums his fingers along the line of his glass – fidgeting, but not quite; his fingers have to tap out a rhythm or else risk clenching into a fist around something fragile.
One small tightening and tick of his jaw muscle, before, ]
And?
[ He says it expectantly, like he’s prompting Faraday for a point. He’s not evading the statement, despite the defensive response; there’s no point trying to convince Faraday that he’d misspoken or Google had turned up a mistranslation.
Better to meet Faraday with a challenge.
A familiar ”so what are you going to do about it?” provocation ].
no subject
One small tightening and tick of his jaw muscle, before, ]
And?
[ He says it expectantly, like he’s prompting Faraday for a point. He’s not evading the statement, despite the defensive response; there’s no point trying to convince Faraday that he’d misspoken or Google had turned up a mistranslation.
Better to meet Faraday with a challenge.
A familiar ”so what are you going to do about it?” provocation ].