Her prize for besting him in verbal combat: Bastien shows up in the morning, clay mug of coffee still in hand, rather than using her instruction to find her after breakfast and his irregular hours as an excuse to show up after noon. Geography and the speed of travel by eluvian mean that they emerge from Madame Clavet's shop into a Val Royeaux that's still rousing itself in the early dawn.
"By the laws of magic and man," Bastien says, as if he gives two figs about either of those things, "I think this means we're entitled to a second breakfast."
Ness is gracious enough in victory not to press a sheaf of interview questions into Bastien's hand as they enter the eluvian. Granted, she didn't have the questions prepared for him, nor was she even aware that she'd won such that he'd actually show up and take her to Val Royeaux
but that's not the point. The point is, she could have done it, and she didn't. She's a paragon of virtue, frankly. A sportsman.
"That seems only reasonable," about second breakfast, and if she's only agreeing because breakfast is all they're likely to get at this time of day, well, it's not any less true. "Do you have a favourite pΓ’tisserie?"
That only sits for a moment of consideration before she thinks better of the questionβ
"A favourite pΓ’tisserie that is not only your favourite because of the feud between its owner and the boucher across the street."
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"By the laws of magic and man," Bastien says, as if he gives two figs about either of those things, "I think this means we're entitled to a second breakfast."
For the moment a second breakfast is most of what the city seems ready to provide to them: few of the shops they pass are open, yet, except the bakeries and cafΓ©s those other shopkeepers might visit before beginning their own work.
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but that's not the point. The point is, she could have done it, and she didn't. She's a paragon of virtue, frankly. A sportsman.
"That seems only reasonable," about second breakfast, and if she's only agreeing because breakfast is all they're likely to get at this time of day, well, it's not any less true. "Do you have a favourite pΓ’tisserie?"
That only sits for a moment of consideration before she thinks better of the questionβ
"A favourite pΓ’tisserie that is not only your favourite because of the feud between its owner and the boucher across the street."