[ He doesn't really expect any sort of admission -- they're not so close as that, and besides, Cardan would have told nobody if the tables had been flipped.
He does, however, raise a delicate eyebrow at kinky paints. Nikolai is a good actor, Cardan knows this much, but if he had to wager... maybe not yet. Maybe she's still waiting.
He wonders who the other woman might be. ]
My wife is as well as a caged bird can be.
[ Which is to say: there are ups and downs. Neither of them are particularly at ease here, albeit for different reasons.
But he's here to talk about Nikolai (apparently????), because if nothing else he's curious, and Konoha can't be pulling all the weight in their gossip sessions. ]
Just Alina, then?
[ Look, if body paint is on the table, then surely so is asking Nikolai if he's sowing his wild seeds outside his tastefully decorated mansion. ]
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He does, however, raise a delicate eyebrow at kinky paints. Nikolai is a good actor, Cardan knows this much, but if he had to wager... maybe not yet. Maybe she's still waiting.
He wonders who the other woman might be. ]
My wife is as well as a caged bird can be.
[ Which is to say: there are ups and downs. Neither of them are particularly at ease here, albeit for different reasons.
But he's here to talk about Nikolai (apparently????), because if nothing else he's curious, and Konoha can't be pulling all the weight in their gossip sessions. ]
Just Alina, then?
[ Look, if body paint is on the table, then surely so is asking Nikolai if he's sowing his wild seeds outside his tastefully decorated mansion. ]