[That gets a quiet chuckle - he can hardly protest the accuracy of all of it - but it's the first sound in a while that hasn't come out tinted with bitterness.
Because it does finally feel like tension he hadn't noticed building has leeches from his shoulders a bit, and he leans to pick up his drink again.]
You can't half tell I'm used to people pushing for it all, can you.
[But it's only dry, not cynical, and this time he only takes a sip rather than finish the drink.]
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Because it does finally feel like tension he hadn't noticed building has leeches from his shoulders a bit, and he leans to pick up his drink again.]
You can't half tell I'm used to people pushing for it all, can you.
[But it's only dry, not cynical, and this time he only takes a sip rather than finish the drink.]