A push-broom would have been preferable, but this rustic-looking thing would certainly do in a pinch. The Rani considered it.
Of course, just grabbing it and running with it was something that one of Those Two would have done, and the Rani didn't operate like that. Well, not usually. She reached out to pick it up and give it a closer look. If it suited, she'd knock and inform the owner that she was borrowing it.
Asking, of course, didn't factor into the matter at all.
Most people would have added "I'll have it back tomorrow", or "if you don't mind", or even "please". But as far as the Rani was concerned, she'd gone several extra parsecs by even announcing her attention in the first place. She turned on her heel to go.
The comment about asking didn't merit so much as an eyeroll, but the other-"Is it for some primitive religious ritual?" Because that was really the most obvious explanation.
The Rani felt a prickle of worry. She'd read about something like this, back in her Xenobiology and Xenoculture days...
No, better to keep that knowledge in check for now, save it until it was really necessary. In the meantime, she shot Granny a sceptical look and went on to make something of a show of inspecting the broom, ruffling the straws, and tapping on the handle, as if trying to discover some secret mechanism by which it would fly.
"You got to give it a runnin' start. Shake it up some." It was a flaw in the design, somewhere. It was also the reason Granny never used the broom for cleaning. She had tried it once and the bloody thing came to life in her hands and dumped her into the Lancre River.
"You do not appear to be the sort who engages in practical jokes. You do not appear to be mad, although appearances can be deceiving." -just ask You Know Who- "What is it, then? An anti-gravity field? Nanotechnology?"
Right. She was a Carrionite, or one of those damned fictional characters that Those Two had mentioned, or quite possibly from some other parallel universe altogether where there was such a thing as "magic", or something like it. None of these possibilities were very pleasant, although at least (1) and (3) were something she could get her brain around.
Scowling, she thrust the broom back at Granny. "Show me, then." As irritating as the whole scenario was, the Rani was enough of a scientist to actually want to see this thing in action. If it really worked and the female wasn't some complete crackpot after all.
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Of course, just grabbing it and running with it was something that one of Those Two would have done, and the Rani didn't operate like that. Well, not usually. She reached out to pick it up and give it a closer look. If it suited, she'd knock and inform the owner that she was borrowing it.
Asking, of course, didn't factor into the matter at all.
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She delivered a brisk, peremptory rap on the door.
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Most people would have added "I'll have it back tomorrow", or "if you don't mind", or even "please". But as far as the Rani was concerned, she'd gone several extra parsecs by even announcing her attention in the first place. She turned on her heel to go.
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"No you ain't."
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What was that old saying about immovable objects and unstoppable forces?
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No, better to keep that knowledge in check for now, save it until it was really necessary. In the meantime, she shot Granny a sceptical look and went on to make something of a show of inspecting the broom, ruffling the straws, and tapping on the handle, as if trying to discover some secret mechanism by which it would fly.
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"You do not appear to be the sort who engages in practical jokes. You do not appear to be mad, although appearances can be deceiving." -just ask You Know Who- "What is it, then? An anti-gravity field? Nanotechnology?"
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Right. She was a Carrionite, or one of those damned fictional characters that Those Two had mentioned, or quite possibly from some other parallel universe altogether where there was such a thing as "magic", or something like it. None of these possibilities were very pleasant, although at least (1) and (3) were something she could get her brain around.
Scowling, she thrust the broom back at Granny. "Show me, then." As irritating as the whole scenario was, the Rani was enough of a scientist to actually want to see this thing in action. If it really worked and the female wasn't some complete crackpot after all.
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