I shall do my very best not to disappoint you, Your Majesty.
[The little play-acting gives him that extra bite of confidence, such that when they do approach the booth, Dorian is able to detach himself and speak to the person at the counter. There are still the tell-tale marks of his nervousness, in the flutter of his hands and the curve of his head and the shake of his voice, but he goes through with it. And the person is not so hard on him, although they do want some kind of recompense. Dorian easily and quickly agrees without even fully understanding the economics of the sum he agreed to, so relieved is he to not face this person's anger.]
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[The little play-acting gives him that extra bite of confidence, such that when they do approach the booth, Dorian is able to detach himself and speak to the person at the counter. There are still the tell-tale marks of his nervousness, in the flutter of his hands and the curve of his head and the shake of his voice, but he goes through with it. And the person is not so hard on him, although they do want some kind of recompense. Dorian easily and quickly agrees without even fully understanding the economics of the sum he agreed to, so relieved is he to not face this person's anger.]