[Once she has the glasses poured she brings them over, hands his glass out to him.]
And then he started talking about the children he'll have, how he'll tell them fairy tales about me. [Her shoulders lift up, half a shrug and half a shiver, because she's still not sure how to feel about that.] Thinking back on it now I'm not convinced he wasn't drunk.
He was almost certainly drunk. [He says, but he isn't sure about that at all: in his time, Alfie's a teetotaler, or at least claims to be. He's just odd, drink or not.]
All the same, Rey... [He trails off and shakes his head, accepting the whiskey.]
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Date: 2016-12-16 10:00 am (UTC)He did, did he?
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Date: 2016-12-16 10:18 am (UTC)And then he started talking about the children he'll have, how he'll tell them fairy tales about me. [Her shoulders lift up, half a shrug and half a shiver, because she's still not sure how to feel about that.] Thinking back on it now I'm not convinced he wasn't drunk.
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Date: 2016-12-16 01:36 pm (UTC)All the same, Rey... [He trails off and shakes his head, accepting the whiskey.]
He's bloody sentimental, that one.
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Date: 2016-12-16 06:26 pm (UTC)And once she would have touched her glass Tommy's in a little toast, but she doesn't bother now. She just takes a sip, nods to what he says.]
He absolutely is. The last thing I ever expected was to be given something that belonged to his mother.