@sewshut said ; smiles blankly while handing him the notepad. 'this is a fine place to have a nervous breakdown.' / **pinterest quotes pt. two
“----Postman...Is there something you need?” There were many ways in which others often tried to gain his attention, be it by yelling his name or continously poking him, this was a rather calm way of snatching said attention, and by the postman´s rather jolly smile, he supposed that what the other was currently delivering to him was going to be something good... perhaps news? who knew, he truly wasn´t sure what the other had in his mind, afterall, it was perhaps his smile and rosy cheeks so full of life, (a thing that contrasted a lot compared to the clients he worked with), what seemed to confuse the embalmer the most. It almost seemed like it was the most lively things and people such as the man in front of him the ones that confused him the most instead of the dead.
Lowering his gaze to meet the notepad that was now being offered to him, Aesop began to read the words inscripted on it only to find himself slowly dropping his tensed shoulders as soon as he read the rather....curious statement the other have written to him.
“Better have it here than on our matches.” Was his rather blatant response; “It would be troublesome to carry you across the field...” A pause followed by as he broke eye contact with the postman for a few seconds only to grab his embalming kit once again, ready to depart; “If it helps calm your nerves Mr. Grantz, if you collapse in the battlefield, i can assure you that my skills will bring you back to life.” Now his empty gaze shifted from victor to Wick; “You, or your companion, of course...”