"I appreciate the consideration," Scott said, honestly if very bluntly. "About half the new people who turn up, including the kids, have a pretty steep learning curve and need some training about what's appropriate and what's just not gonna fly."
Sandy was respecting that line, beautifully.
He reached out slowly when the red quartz appeared, took it in his hand and tilted it in a couple of directions just so it caught the golden, late afternoon sunlight. It was, without a doubt, the single biggest piece of red quartz he'd ever seen. It was heavy as hell as a result, probably fairly brittle but it would work. Scott knew that beyond a doubt.
He closed his eyes, instinctively turned his head away from Sandy and toward the floor and replaced his glasses with the piece of quartz. He kept his head turned and down while he opened his eyes again, then turned back. "This is going to sound strange," he warned. "But that's really red."
He always saw in red, of course, but without the frames - metal and plastic - blocking some of the light and his peripheral vision it was a much, much, brighter red. Never mind the nature of quartz itself, and the fact that the entire piece was, effectively, glass.
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Date: 2015-10-11 01:06 am (UTC)Sandy was respecting that line, beautifully.
He reached out slowly when the red quartz appeared, took it in his hand and tilted it in a couple of directions just so it caught the golden, late afternoon sunlight. It was, without a doubt, the single biggest piece of red quartz he'd ever seen. It was heavy as hell as a result, probably fairly brittle but it would work. Scott knew that beyond a doubt.
He closed his eyes, instinctively turned his head away from Sandy and toward the floor and replaced his glasses with the piece of quartz. He kept his head turned and down while he opened his eyes again, then turned back. "This is going to sound strange," he warned. "But that's really red."
He always saw in red, of course, but without the frames - metal and plastic - blocking some of the light and his peripheral vision it was a much, much, brighter red. Never mind the nature of quartz itself, and the fact that the entire piece was, effectively, glass.
Oh. Right. Also: "Thanks."