Rook személy
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„Wretched teapot!” Rook's voice exclaimed in vexation.
Just like that, my fear melted away. My chest shook with laughter at the image of Rook staggering, drunk and affronted, through the labyrinth's crowded hallways, being assaulted by falling teapots. „Rook,” I whispered, trusting he would hear me, „are you all right out there?”
A mortified silence. Then, coolly: „I haven't the faintest idea why I wouldn't be all right.”
„That's true,” I said. „You slew a Barrow Lord, you shouldn't have any trouble with a kettle.”
„What are you doing?” I asked. „You can't sleep here.”
„Yes, I can. In fact, I must. I can't let any harm befall you, so it's best I stay close.”
„You could offer to sleep on the floor, like a gentleman.”
He appeared horrified by the suggestion.
„And I'm not certain you're in any state to protect me,” I went on, sensing a lost cause. „Just now you were almost assassinated by a teapot.”
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„I give my word that time has passed normally since we entered the forest. What you’re thinking of is an ensorcellment, and quite a nasty trick to play on humans. Which is precisely why it’s done, of course,” he added.
“You had better not have done that to anyone,” I warned him.
“I haven’t!” he said, with feeling. He proceeded to ruin the effect by continuing, “It’s always seemed tiresome. All they do afterward is leak a great deal, and then come back to the forest to shout at you.”
„This is the sort of thing I like painting best,” I explained. „The details, the textures -” I saw I was losing him. „Perfect subjects make for less interesting work.”
Slowly he finished taking his coat off. „Then I hardly imagine you enjoy painting fair folk,” he remarked aloofly.
„Rook,” I said with a smile, perhaps a fonder one than I intended, „you can't just go around calling yourself perfect, you know.”