[Vander stayed on the threshold for a few seconds as they faced off, but he wasn't looking for a fight. He withdrew his foot and then eased his weight back off the landing to stand in the courtyard so that she didn't have to consider long the idea of having to fight him and make such a scene.]
So, you're living here now, are you? Is it a step up or a lateral transfer from previous living arrangements?
[While he spoke, he moved the box from under his arm to hand and offered it to her. It did indeed have little hearts and kisses on it like all the other packages that this place had deigned to provide them. He hadn't tampered with it at all, though with hers he had honestly considered it and just filled the box with coal.]
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So, you're living here now, are you? Is it a step up or a lateral transfer from previous living arrangements?
[While he spoke, he moved the box from under his arm to hand and offered it to her. It did indeed have little hearts and kisses on it like all the other packages that this place had deigned to provide them. He hadn't tampered with it at all, though with hers he had honestly considered it and just filled the box with coal.]