07-29-2014, 06:57 PM
Drayson let out a hearty chuckle and shrugged dismissively at Victoria's question of why he brought up the library in question. "I am a Detective, Victoria. It is my job to pick up on the little things. You like the Library Hall,"
he gestured to the room they were in, "and are well educated woman, raised by equally well educated and dedicated parents. A trip to one of the greatest libraries in the world seemed a likely event."
He smiled teasingly; it wasn't so great a stretch really. Really more of a stab in the dark in the hopes to change the topic and breath some life into the conversation, and to take her mind away from what was haunting her. A stab that apparently had worked.
He leaned forward to view the picture she shared with him. To most people, the sharing of family photos was a simple thing with little meaning asides some small desire to gloat over the exciting things they had done. She did not seem the type, she did so eagerly, with pride more of her family and memories then of any desire to 'show off.'
"Your father is a very lucky man. I can see where you got your looks from, Victoria."
He spoke truthfully, but his attention quickly shifted to the fleeting image of that distant library, before settling back in his seat. "Sadly no, I have never been. Likely never will. Due to my position, foreign travel is frowned upon. Trips all the way to the Isle are hard enough to arrange at times. I have visited a few of the great libraries in DVII though."
His Wallet buzzed silently in his pocket, and he smiled apologetically as he pulled it free to glance at the display. It was bad form to be distracted by his phone while in a woman's company, but it was rare that someone tried to get ahold of him that wasn't for something important. Luckily, while important, it wasn't something that required his immediate response. An update regarding the newly started investigation into the anomalous book keeping at one of his precincts. The message was saved and his Wallet tucked away again in short order.
he gestured to the room they were in, "and are well educated woman, raised by equally well educated and dedicated parents. A trip to one of the greatest libraries in the world seemed a likely event."
He smiled teasingly; it wasn't so great a stretch really. Really more of a stab in the dark in the hopes to change the topic and breath some life into the conversation, and to take her mind away from what was haunting her. A stab that apparently had worked.
He leaned forward to view the picture she shared with him. To most people, the sharing of family photos was a simple thing with little meaning asides some small desire to gloat over the exciting things they had done. She did not seem the type, she did so eagerly, with pride more of her family and memories then of any desire to 'show off.'
"Your father is a very lucky man. I can see where you got your looks from, Victoria."
He spoke truthfully, but his attention quickly shifted to the fleeting image of that distant library, before settling back in his seat. "Sadly no, I have never been. Likely never will. Due to my position, foreign travel is frowned upon. Trips all the way to the Isle are hard enough to arrange at times. I have visited a few of the great libraries in DVII though."
His Wallet buzzed silently in his pocket, and he smiled apologetically as he pulled it free to glance at the display. It was bad form to be distracted by his phone while in a woman's company, but it was rare that someone tried to get ahold of him that wasn't for something important. Luckily, while important, it wasn't something that required his immediate response. An update regarding the newly started investigation into the anomalous book keeping at one of his precincts. The message was saved and his Wallet tucked away again in short order.