[ There is much leveraged into the build-up to this moment -- curt professionalism, careful navigation of fair warnings, their flexible proximity to the truth. Dick Dickerson is watching Mr. Gecko very closely from behind the constraints of his self-control.
It takes a few seconds of non-response past Wysteria’s prompt for him to flicker a look back over to her.
Uh oh.
He sniffs -- just once -- for the scent of burning flesh, as one might during an electrocution. ]
no subject
It takes a few seconds of non-response past Wysteria’s prompt for him to flicker a look back over to her.
Uh oh.
He sniffs -- just once -- for the scent of burning flesh, as one might during an electrocution. ]