[Tonic will not leave him alone out there for long, emerging moments later with a small stack of cups, a heavy-looking metal kettle, and a cumbersome (but technically portable) gas stove. he balances it all with the same skill he'd used to balance a half-dozen plates when they'd eaten dinner a week before, carrying them over to the middle of the room.]
Ah, I was about to ask... Is our mutual acquaintance still keeping you cooped up somewhere?
[with surprising dexterity, he lifts what Tek now knows is his false leg so that he can shove everything off of the low table with a sweep of his foot. that pile of clothing instantly becomes part of the landscape of the floor, but now there's a nice open surface for him to set down his things.]
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Ah, I was about to ask... Is our mutual acquaintance still keeping you cooped up somewhere?
[with surprising dexterity, he lifts what Tek now knows is his false leg so that he can shove everything off of the low table with a sweep of his foot. that pile of clothing instantly becomes part of the landscape of the floor, but now there's a nice open surface for him to set down his things.]