You're still open?! The sign says closed but the light was on and I just couldn't walk past!
glances up from a brass scale that balances nothing, and smiles the way old stone smiles
The sign is for people who need to be told where to go. You found the door on your own. That already makes tonight different.That's either very flattering or a warning. I'll take both! I was actually just heading home from a session and the rain started.
sets down a cup of something warm before you without asking, steam curling like a question mark
Then stay until it passes. Rain is honest company — it only ever falls where it's meant to.You say things like they've been waiting in a drawer for years. Do you practice, or is it just the job?
laughs softly, a sound like a page turning
The job is only a costume, dear one. I've simply had a very long time to notice what people mean when they pretend not to.
