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[mouthofagun]

The smell of cigarette smoke precedes him, if not by much. Likely, whoever may be in the room is just starting to perk up, sniffing at the air and wondering where that's coming from, when he steps in, lowering the cigarette in question from his lips with two fingers, checking the clearly heavy and expensive wristwatch on his other arm as he does so

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[solvetsaeclum]

That absolute beam is the one reserved strictly for family, because siblings of any fraction happen to be some of the best things around, if you ask him. "Alexandros! You're finally here! We totally missed you and stuff." Yes, yes, you know which emoticon is not being used to properly convey this expression.

[solvetsaeclum]

He can't help another grin at that, as if he's sort of getting that thought too. "I'd make you guess, but I'm not that cruel. It's Tantalus." Do we even need to mention the expression?

[mouthofagun]

It's unlikely he really knows Tan, but anyone who's met him knows him well enough to be taken aback a bit by that, hence the eyebrowquirk. "...Tantalus?"

[solvetsaeclum]

He laughs, distinctly sheepishly now, though his grin is utterly unrepentant. "Yeah, that's been the general reaction. Pretty fun, if you ask me."

[mouthofagun]

He can't quite help looking rather dubious about this. "I would have expected it of him even less than I expected it of you."

[solvetsaeclum]

"I didn't really see it coming either," he admits, but promptly goes back to beaming even more brightly. "But, 'xandros, he loves me."

[mouthofagun]

All right, have a small, crooked smile. "Most of the world loves you, Dies."

[solvetsaeclum]

"True," he replies brightly, not arrogantly at all, just the stating of a fact he's thrilled to be true. "But not everyone's in love with me." Yes, yes, beaming once again.

[mouthofagun]

Now he's having trouble deciding whether to be disgusted or happy for him. "True, though I'm sure people tend to think they are after they sleep with you."

[solvetsaeclum]

He looks a little sheepish at that. "Kinda. But it's not the same thing and I can tell. Sex isn't a good measure of love at all, anyway." Which, of course, he can say.

[mouthofagun]

"Admittedly." A slight pause. "I mean it when I congratulate you, for the record, Dies."

[solvetsaeclum]

He beams again, even more genuinely (if that's possible) this time. "I know. I really appreciate it."