"Yes," Ignis mused, "that would be rather unfair to the book, I'm afraid. No matter how good it may be, I'm sure its entertainment value would pale in comparison to your tangets and diatribes.
"That said," he added, "I can't imagine there'd be an audio version available with a voice I'd enjoy listening to even half as much as yours."
And the flattery...sat a bit differently, didn't it, with so much truth and sincerity behind it....
"As for my day? It was not nearly so vitriolic. It started at an hour I won't even dare to mention for the sake of your delicate sensibilities. A little extra time in the gym to work on my forms and a significant amount of time in the kitchen, if you could kindly restrain your shock. And then I was delving into the positively soporific matter of 19th Century military battle tactics when you called."
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"That said," he added, "I can't imagine there'd be an audio version available with a voice I'd enjoy listening to even half as much as yours."
And the flattery...sat a bit differently, didn't it, with so much truth and sincerity behind it....
"As for my day? It was not nearly so vitriolic. It started at an hour I won't even dare to mention for the sake of your delicate sensibilities. A little extra time in the gym to work on my forms and a significant amount of time in the kitchen, if you could kindly restrain your shock. And then I was delving into the positively soporific matter of 19th Century military battle tactics when you called."