What is it, he almost asks, in reference to the tea. What's in it would be the next question.
Does it matter is the most relevant one.
The tea leaves are accompanied by the tools necessary to prep them - it doesn't take Oliver long to get a small pot of snow melting next to the fire, and he eats a portion of one of the sandwiches Jack mentioned.
Talking doesn't come as quickly. He drinks the tea, takes the aspirin, and cocoons himself in the blanket, watching the rafters with a practiced blankness that hides suspicion. "What do you want?"
no subject
Does it matter is the most relevant one.
The tea leaves are accompanied by the tools necessary to prep them - it doesn't take Oliver long to get a small pot of snow melting next to the fire, and he eats a portion of one of the sandwiches Jack mentioned.
Talking doesn't come as quickly. He drinks the tea, takes the aspirin, and cocoons himself in the blanket, watching the rafters with a practiced blankness that hides suspicion. "What do you want?"