❝ i see you got an upgrade. ❞ still, roman’s once over doesn’t read APPRECIATION ( even if he can begrudgingly admit he’s a sight more pleasing, but maybe that’s associations with the last vessel… )
❝ wouldn’t by chance mean you called me to say our deal’s done?
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❝ do you always have to point out the obvious? ❞ he asked, not IMPRESSED with the other’s comment. of course he UPGRADED. it wasn’t done out of choice – rather NECESSITY. a reason to why he decided to firmly SKIP over that fact and move onto more PRESSING matters than simply what he looked like. ❝ and NO! ❞ his final word came out far more HARSHLY than he would have liked, but all the same… it would prove the same POINT. ❝ it’s NOT! ❞