The air could be cut with a knife, and as Reinette spoke the woman seemed to bristle with annoyance. Jack was only too glad the man spoke and broke the silence that had fallen between them all.
But the words that were spoken? Oh they shook him in an entirely new way.
Mouth a little agape, Jack stared at the man as though he'd just solved the meaning of life. He stared at his hand and back to his face, and belatedly reached his own to shake. His expression stayed the same though, and he stood there agape.
"Jacques?" he asked, looking at the man and back to Reinette before back again. "... Alchemist...."
He gave the man another look over. This time, he noticed a rather large leather cuff on one wrist, almost like an archers brace.
He glanced to his own wrist.
And back to Reinette.
And again to the man.
"Yeah..." he said. "Oh yeah, you're real alright." And slowly. Eventually. He started to smile.
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Date: 2010-07-08 02:14 am (UTC)But the words that were spoken? Oh they shook him in an entirely new way.
Mouth a little agape, Jack stared at the man as though he'd just solved the meaning of life. He stared at his hand and back to his face, and belatedly reached his own to shake. His expression stayed the same though, and he stood there agape.
"Jacques?" he asked, looking at the man and back to Reinette before back again. "... Alchemist...."
He gave the man another look over. This time, he noticed a rather large leather cuff on one wrist, almost like an archers brace.
He glanced to his own wrist.
And back to Reinette.
And again to the man.
"Yeah..." he said. "Oh yeah, you're real alright." And slowly. Eventually. He started to smile.