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Library, Sunday

Despite the fact he way or may not have gotten fired on Wednesday, though he pretty sure it'd been a case of not, Face was back behind the desk today. Though in between checking and stacking books, he made a point of scrubbing out the coffee pot.

Just because Barry hadn't been responsible for the island going weird, it didn't mean that the pot was safe.

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"Yeah, I'd say I'm done for," Face assured her.

"And you haven't even heard the full phrasing," Cassandra said, putting the book back down. "Your constitution is poor."

"I'm a former actor," Face said. "We're sensitive sorts."

Cassandra huffed out a laugh. "Sensitive. Yes. Of course."

Face nodded. "Also delicate."

"Like a tender flower," Cassandra said dryly. "One almost wonders why you would chance such a risky pursuit like flirting."

"Because I have poetry in my soul." Also a marked lack of self-preservation.

"I am fairly certain that is not what true poetry sounds like," Cassandra said.

"It's blank verse," Face deadpanned.

"Beautiful and terrifying maiden,
Do not turn your anger on me,
I am not a deer."

"It is not only your messages that are ridiculous," Cassandra said firmly, "But you aspire to that title in its entirety."

Not that she didn't look charmed.

Face just grinned at her. Because he had no shame. "If you'd prefer non-ridiculous poetry, I'm pretty sure we have some of that here."

Cassandra smiled slightly. "...Perhaps," she said. "I rather like poetry. The grand romances, especially."

Not something she was generally inclined to admit.

It wasn't like Face was going to judge. "The ones with similar themes to your books?"

"Yes," Cassandra said. She rubbed the back of her neck. "But also the rather more... intimate ones."

"Oh, those." Face was still not judging, even if his ears were a touch pinker. "I think we have some of those. Yes."

And now Cassandra's face was flushing. Wonderful.

"...But the former will suffice, if you insist on finding any," she said quickly.

Face was very studiously ignoring any blushing going on. "I can just point you in the right direction, you probably have a better idea of what you like."

Cassandra sighed. "I prefer it when it is something we can talk about it afterward," she admitted. "Most do not take me seriously when I admit to liking these tales and poetry."

"Why not?" Face asked. "There are far worse things to be a fan of."

Tetran Cowell holodramas, for example.

"I am a warrior," Cassandra pointed out lightly. "There are assumptions."

"Well that's stupid of them," Face said. "People are allowed to have more than one interest."

Cassandra smiled. Then she realized she was smiling perhaps a bit too much, and she glanced down at the floor as she cleared her throat.

Then she looked back up. "What do you like best?" she asked. "...In your books."

Face scratched his neck as he thought about it. "I like humour." Try to contain your surprise, Cassandra. "Heroes who get by on their wits without being complete dicks about it. Oh, and women who know how to handle themselves."

He's propose to Agent M on the spot if she wasn't fictional.

Poor Agent M probably got that a lot.

"You like joking heroes? I am not surprised," Cassandra said. "I suppose those are worthwhile, as long as their wits do not get in the way of getting by."

She had only limited tolerance with people who wouldn't get on with it. Which was also a huge surprise, truly.

Face was shocked by that revelation, indeed he was.

"I do like them to be competent tricksters," he said. "As oppossed to just confidence tricksters."

He thought he was punny.

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