[He leads the way into the office, where they are promptly welcomed by the chipper receptionist with her unflagging smile and her eyes that assure you, yes she is listening, and yes she is calculating how best to assist. Quentin asks his questions, punctuating every other sentence with ma'am, as sincere as it is habitual. The matter is settled within a few clicks and taps, the technology incomprehensible to him but apparently the final authority. He thanks her for her trouble, ma'am, and then out into the hall they go once more.]
It seems I'm the one who was mistaken. Sorry for making you come all this way for nothing.
[His brow and his mouth are set in such a way that it is plain that the matter remains unresolved to him.]
shh this is how he always looked
[He leads the way into the office, where they are promptly welcomed by the chipper receptionist with her unflagging smile and her eyes that assure you, yes she is listening, and yes she is calculating how best to assist. Quentin asks his questions, punctuating every other sentence with ma'am, as sincere as it is habitual. The matter is settled within a few clicks and taps, the technology incomprehensible to him but apparently the final authority. He thanks her for her trouble, ma'am, and then out into the hall they go once more.]
It seems I'm the one who was mistaken. Sorry for making you come all this way for nothing.
[His brow and his mouth are set in such a way that it is plain that the matter remains unresolved to him.]