"You might be right, but I am disincline to start arguments over wine."
He laughs at her saying that the party was boring, glancing at the people who were circling around each other, testing out boundaries and alliances. Being friendly and gaining companions in this place might be useful, but Vere found little pleasure in doing so. It always felt like he was pretending and others knew it, and it wasn't worth anything in the end.
"I doubt they will let us doing anything to liven it up unfortunately, so let us just stay here until the end."
Reaching over to his cane, he used it to push himself upright just enough for a polite little bow towards her. "Well meet, Miss Ib. I'm Vere Redgrave, an amateur scholar and writer of sensational fictions."
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He laughs at her saying that the party was boring, glancing at the people who were circling around each other, testing out boundaries and alliances. Being friendly and gaining companions in this place might be useful, but Vere found little pleasure in doing so. It always felt like he was pretending and others knew it, and it wasn't worth anything in the end.
"I doubt they will let us doing anything to liven it up unfortunately, so let us just stay here until the end."
Reaching over to his cane, he used it to push himself upright just enough for a polite little bow towards her. "Well meet, Miss Ib. I'm Vere Redgrave, an amateur scholar and writer of sensational fictions."