"I'm glad you're enjoying yourself." It's archly deadpan, but he sure is reaching up to scratch Kahl's little chin.
"I only had so much to work with, you understand." Asmodeus reaches forward and taps the ruby at Zerxus's throat. (He left both necklaces alone; he always does, and Zerxus knows it isn't a kindness but he isn't sure what that leaves.) "Go on, then - mingle, learn, make your plans."
Between one heartbeat and the next he's back on his armchair, one leg crossed over the other. "I'll be here."
He'll be doing a lot more than that, but Zerxus nods; he believes they're on the same page, working towards the same goal. He believes that Asmodeus means that promise, at least for now; he tends stand by his actual word, to the letter if not the spirit, and I will not harm him is pretty basic.
Zerxus could, perhaps, stand to be more imaginative.
Re: Narrenschiff, Day One
"I only had so much to work with, you understand." Asmodeus reaches forward and taps the ruby at Zerxus's throat. (He left both necklaces alone; he always does, and Zerxus knows it isn't a kindness but he isn't sure what that leaves.) "Go on, then - mingle, learn, make your plans."
Between one heartbeat and the next he's back on his armchair, one leg crossed over the other. "I'll be here."
He'll be doing a lot more than that, but Zerxus nods; he believes they're on the same page, working towards the same goal. He believes that Asmodeus means that promise, at least for now; he tends stand by his actual word, to the letter if not the spirit, and I will not harm him is pretty basic.
Zerxus could, perhaps, stand to be more imaginative.