Chapter 3: Mutiny!
Posted: Mon Dec 15, 2008 10:30 am
Supper had gone well, Will thought. He noticed that Reginald Monday told very little about himself, always skillfully diverting questions toward others. Due in part to that, and in part to David Graham's single-minded focus on his protege's career, Will found himself knowing far more about the apparently very mundane life history of Violet Perry than he would have ever wanted.
Though he felt no closer to Monday than before, he had learned a few things. Under his brash, devil-may-care attitude, for instance, Cesar de Falco was afraid of something. Little things... the way he would sometimes glance around the room, as if expecting trouble, for instance. Captain Pelton had a fatherly way about him, just the sort of man you'd want to Captain a passenger ship, but he seemed somehow soft to Will. Vance worked for the U.S. government, but what precisely he did Will didn't know. He didn't seem the "G man" type to Will.
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Artie was happy with supper as well. Time spent with Lily, and without Cesar, could only be a good thing for him. But very soon, almost too soon, supper was over and it was time to play. Lily said, "Why don't you do one or two instrumental pieces first, kind of set the mood, and then I'll come join you."
Though he felt no closer to Monday than before, he had learned a few things. Under his brash, devil-may-care attitude, for instance, Cesar de Falco was afraid of something. Little things... the way he would sometimes glance around the room, as if expecting trouble, for instance. Captain Pelton had a fatherly way about him, just the sort of man you'd want to Captain a passenger ship, but he seemed somehow soft to Will. Vance worked for the U.S. government, but what precisely he did Will didn't know. He didn't seem the "G man" type to Will.
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Artie was happy with supper as well. Time spent with Lily, and without Cesar, could only be a good thing for him. But very soon, almost too soon, supper was over and it was time to play. Lily said, "Why don't you do one or two instrumental pieces first, kind of set the mood, and then I'll come join you."