[He continued to ignore Dorian's pointed jabs, if he rose to the bait he knew they would continue their petty bickering for the entire day and get nowhere... not that he could always help himself, but the effort was being made to just pretend that Dorian was speaking in plain civilized words rather than his roundabout insulting mouth noises.
It was somewhat easier when there was some loathsome wretch in the pod before him where he could properly focus his desire to be scornful.]
That is nothing worth wasting time discussing. It is irrelevant now.
[A rare case of someone he loathed enough to refer to as a "that", not that his question dodging in an of itself wasn't an obvious clue that Dorian hit the nail on the head.]
No we're doing this. WE ARE DOING THIS.
It was somewhat easier when there was some loathsome wretch in the pod before him where he could properly focus his desire to be scornful.]
That is nothing worth wasting time discussing. It is irrelevant now.
[A rare case of someone he loathed enough to refer to as a "that", not that his question dodging in an of itself wasn't an obvious clue that Dorian hit the nail on the head.]
How long have you been awake?