[ being along offers sharpe the chance to laugh -- quietly and to himself. a shaking in his shoulders and an upturn in his lips.
never had a floor of my own, lieutenant. it's the sort of joke he could've made had he not just met the man today. as it was? he simply waited. the problem of the jacket set aside for now -- he was far more interested in finding someone from his own damned time.
when archie returns, sharpe's face will have gone back to a rigid neutrality. ]
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never had a floor of my own, lieutenant. it's the sort of joke he could've made had he not just met the man today. as it was? he simply waited. the problem of the jacket set aside for now -- he was far more interested in finding someone from his own damned time.
when archie returns, sharpe's face will have gone back to a rigid neutrality. ]