Pretty nice bed—big bed, really. Can’t do much about the room or the linens, but— It’s a bed. All to myself, too. Great big bed, pillows, blankets—you know. The works. Bed with a mattress, even.
No roommate yet to speak of.
...And a couch. Got one of those too.
[Ed is going to regret this, he’s sure of it. It still isn’t too late to offer to off Stede’s roommate, even if the man would return from the dead eventually. He could. He would. Stede would only have to say the word, and he would kill for him.
So maybe this is cowardice. Or weakness, the kind of weakness Izzy claimed was overtaking Ed with Stede around. Or maybe this is character growth. Ed’s not sure. It’s masochistic whatever it is.]
No pet spiders. And I’ll only suck eggs when you tell me to.
[Don’t make him spell it out, Stede. And don’t get the wrong idea—he’s offering to take the couch indefinitely.]
no subject
[A pause.]
You know...
...I’ve got a bed.
Pretty nice bed—big bed, really. Can’t do much about the room or the linens, but— It’s a bed. All to myself, too. Great big bed, pillows, blankets—you know. The works. Bed with a mattress, even.
No roommate yet to speak of.
...And a couch. Got one of those too.
[Ed is going to regret this, he’s sure of it. It still isn’t too late to offer to off Stede’s roommate, even if the man would return from the dead eventually. He could. He would. Stede would only have to say the word, and he would kill for him.
So maybe this is cowardice. Or weakness, the kind of weakness Izzy claimed was overtaking Ed with Stede around. Or maybe this is character growth. Ed’s not sure. It’s masochistic whatever it is.]
No pet spiders. And I’ll only suck eggs when you tell me to.
[Don’t make him spell it out, Stede. And don’t get the wrong idea—he’s offering to take the couch indefinitely.]