"They would, if I asked," Ellis says, very generously. "But you've met Wysteria and Tony, I assume?"
Surely Richard can divine the danger in asking either of them to ask with a relatively simple task. There's a pause while Ellis levers the first panel into place, crouches to line up the first nail.
"And Fitz is busy with the library."
The war over how to catalog the books rages on, which is potentially what's driven Ellis into the garden rather than insert himself into the middle of a debate over which form of organization is best when he is familiar with neither.
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Date: 2020-08-25 03:29 am (UTC)Surely Richard can divine the danger in asking either of them to ask with a relatively simple task. There's a pause while Ellis levers the first panel into place, crouches to line up the first nail.
"And Fitz is busy with the library."
The war over how to catalog the books rages on, which is potentially what's driven Ellis into the garden rather than insert himself into the middle of a debate over which form of organization is best when he is familiar with neither.
"Hold it steady, if you don't mind."