"I understand," he says, and if there's the slightest note of hysteria to his voice... well. Hythlodaeus is very good at what he does.
(Part of him, the part of him that's somehow maintaining enough presence of mind to think, no matter what Hythlodaeus' cheerful menace is currently doing to him, observes that Hythlodaeus is very good at what he does and Steven wants to be able to exude that much palpable menace with a smile someday too. But that's a much smaller part of him than the rest.)
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"I understand," he says, and if there's the slightest note of hysteria to his voice... well. Hythlodaeus is very good at what he does.
(Part of him, the part of him that's somehow maintaining enough presence of mind to think, no matter what Hythlodaeus' cheerful menace is currently doing to him, observes that Hythlodaeus is very good at what he does and Steven wants to be able to exude that much palpable menace with a smile someday too. But that's a much smaller part of him than the rest.)