I'm picturing a poor customs clerk completely flabbergasted that Nogi is entering Paragon openly and completely by-the-book.
___Nogi First person ficlet-let-let____
"Purpose of your visit?" the poor dear stammered. I let my smile widen, causing him to begin sweating nervously. I made a show of coyly ducking my head hiding my eyes behind my bangs.
"This one is meeting her husband for a conjugal visit in more," a pause of just the right amount of time to discomfit him further, "private environs than those afforded by Pocket D or the accomodations provided by Vanguard."
''We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat
them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary.''
-- James Nicoll
___Nogi First person ficlet-let-let____
"Purpose of your visit?" the poor dear stammered. I let my smile widen, causing him to begin sweating nervously. I made a show of coyly ducking my head hiding my eyes behind my bangs.
"This one is meeting her husband for a conjugal visit in more," a pause of just the right amount of time to discomfit him further, "private environs than those afforded by Pocket D or the accomodations provided by Vanguard."
''We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat
them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary.''
-- James Nicoll