It's probably for the best that he's gotten very used to just completely disregarding snide commentary like that. He just restarts walking up the stairs as if the guy hadn't said anything and if it hadn't happened at all, once he's had a second first to check over his lantern and make sure it's all still together, which it thankfully is. It makes the falls worse - each time the flame's housing is jarred, he feels it in his chest. The casing is sturdy and yet, as he learned in that first month, sometimes not sturdy enough.
By sheer luck he makes it up the two flights without further incident, then gestures at a nearby door.]
Think that one's empty. Should have a shower, but I make no promises about it having any other furniture. Or hell, who knows. When I got here, the room I ended up in started with something like twelve chairs all crammed in there. Makes me wonder what the last residents were even up to.
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It's probably for the best that he's gotten very used to just completely disregarding snide commentary like that. He just restarts walking up the stairs as if the guy hadn't said anything and if it hadn't happened at all, once he's had a second first to check over his lantern and make sure it's all still together, which it thankfully is. It makes the falls worse - each time the flame's housing is jarred, he feels it in his chest. The casing is sturdy and yet, as he learned in that first month, sometimes not sturdy enough.
By sheer luck he makes it up the two flights without further incident, then gestures at a nearby door.]
Think that one's empty. Should have a shower, but I make no promises about it having any other furniture. Or hell, who knows. When I got here, the room I ended up in started with something like twelve chairs all crammed in there. Makes me wonder what the last residents were even up to.