[Firo watches the "friend" and motions to one of his nearby employees to keep an eye on him. The trouble seems to be over for now, but you never know when someone might decide to cause a scene again.
When he turns his attention back on Lucina fully, he drops the stuffy speech pattern without even really thinking about it.]
It looked like you were in a hurry even before that guy was, uh-- [Damn it, how do you even word that sort of thing to a woman? He glances away.] --started bothering you.
[He lets the statement hang there, expecting her to connect the dots and understand that her haste is suspicious. It's gentler than he'd usually be with this sort of thing, but he's allowed to be a little bit not-a-jerk at a time like this, right?]
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When he turns his attention back on Lucina fully, he drops the stuffy speech pattern without even really thinking about it.]
It looked like you were in a hurry even before that guy was, uh-- [Damn it, how do you even word that sort of thing to a woman? He glances away.] --started bothering you.
[He lets the statement hang there, expecting her to connect the dots and understand that her haste is suspicious. It's gentler than he'd usually be with this sort of thing, but he's allowed to be a little bit not-a-jerk at a time like this, right?]