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Bookshop.
It's week two, and there is a steady rhythm to the people that come and go from the bookshop where Inara has found herself so recently. Sometimes Ivy has her behind the register. That isn't the part that entertains her though.
Watching people. Seeing what books they go for, what stationary supplies they need, what quills and inkpots and everything else they might be looking for appeals to them before they even realize what it is they want. That is why, among other things, Inara can be a very convincing salesperson.
While Ivy is in the stockroom behind the counter wrangling their copies of The Book of Flying Creatures from taking off out the window, Inara is balancing the ledger from the morning in an otherwise empty storefront.
Watching people. Seeing what books they go for, what stationary supplies they need, what quills and inkpots and everything else they might be looking for appeals to them before they even realize what it is they want. That is why, among other things, Inara can be a very convincing salesperson.
While Ivy is in the stockroom behind the counter wrangling their copies of The Book of Flying Creatures from taking off out the window, Inara is balancing the ledger from the morning in an otherwise empty storefront.
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"Oh!" It's easy to switch from somber to grinning when you're faking the prior emotion. "You should join us at the pub sometime this week. Jo runs it and Leah will go, a few other professors show up. It'll be like a reunion, only with more interesting refreshments."
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Jo runs it? That's enough to trigger Inara's interest, even if she weren't genuinely intrigued to see Sokka again.
"I'll be there with bells on."
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"I'll manage something."
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"Inara." It's the start of a goodbye, though grand as he can make it, hand extended for hers and beaming. "Always a pleasure."
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And grinning as he straightens. "Glad you're back."
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Inara doesn't stop beaming until Sokka leaves the shop.