It's another afternoon of random tidying and general watching of Villiers. Proof, at least, that Le Chiffre can look after himself, and even keep a wary eye on another at the same time
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It's actually quite nice to have the roles reversed. Not that it's anything he'd ask for, for Villiers is quite happy with his occasionally servile status, but it's rather nifty. Able to relax for a while, carefully curled on the couch, catching up on his reading.
The book gets laid on his chest face-down as Le Chiffre slumps down and Villiers smiles up, amused.
"Good job I'm not one," he replies, rather satisfied by this fact. He has done enough aide duties during his younger years to ever consider doing such a job again. Le Chiffre has worked his way up in life, and doesn't plan to work back down in death.
"How are you not driven insane with boredom yet?"
Back when Le Chiffre had his knee issue, he can distinctly remember much sulky about his lack of walking.
"Used to it," is his simple, dry reply, accented by a smirk up at Le Chiffre. Used to it after years of sitting in boring meetings and at desks with nothing to do, in-between the bursts of action and methodical rituals of morning and evening.
"Although, more entertainment would be appreciated," he says after a moment, thoughtful.
The...thing. That he met. That brought out the...thing. The producer. Yeah, that. It (he refuses to humanize it) mentioned he was in the movie?
"...am I actually in Casino Royale?" he asks. Because after this much time, he's at least somewhat used to the idea, and now he's just curious.
Le Chiffre can do prolonged bouts of boredom, but he'd really rather not. And seeing as there's two of them, the boredom levels shouldn't rise too high. See, even conversation is killing it.
"Of course. We all play out part in the grand scale of it all," he states with a false tone of grandeur. Le Chiffre has long ago managed to find amusement in the whole fictional side of things. Being a book/film characters isn't so bad.
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The book gets laid on his chest face-down as Le Chiffre slumps down and Villiers smiles up, amused.
"...bored already? You'd make a terrible aide."
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"How are you not driven insane with boredom yet?"
Back when Le Chiffre had his knee issue, he can distinctly remember much sulky about his lack of walking.
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"Although, more entertainment would be appreciated," he says after a moment, thoughtful.
The...thing. That he met. That brought out the...thing. The producer. Yeah, that. It (he refuses to humanize it) mentioned he was in the movie?
"...am I actually in Casino Royale?" he asks. Because after this much time, he's at least somewhat used to the idea, and now he's just curious.
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"Of course. We all play out part in the grand scale of it all," he states with a false tone of grandeur. Le Chiffre has long ago managed to find amusement in the whole fictional side of things. Being a book/film characters isn't so bad.
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