[ This dire news is delivered with the same sort of cheer as Cain's first greeting had been given in. That is, the kind of unrelenting, bright cheeriness that remains unpunctured even by perhaps being completely useless in this endeavor. But he's not going to let that stop him here.
Instead, he hefts his basket. The cloth covering it shifts aside to reveal milk and honey and bits of apple.
Immediately, a few of the sprites who'd flown away peek their heads back out of the leaves with curious little titters. ]
no subject
[ This dire news is delivered with the same sort of cheer as Cain's first greeting had been given in. That is, the kind of unrelenting, bright cheeriness that remains unpunctured even by perhaps being completely useless in this endeavor. But he's not going to let that stop him here.
Instead, he hefts his basket. The cloth covering it shifts aside to reveal milk and honey and bits of apple.
Immediately, a few of the sprites who'd flown away peek their heads back out of the leaves with curious little titters. ]
But I did bring things to trade for their help.
[ Bribes. He means bribes. ]