Well take the wind of his sails, why doesn't she? Still, he's not going to lodge any formal complaints if Chloe doesn't want to walk - particularly with her hand in his back pocket as she talks in halting French to the cab company.
"If you say so," he says, patting her hand through the pocket. "Now stop degrading me before I can buy you dinner. I might start to feel cheap otherwise."
Heading downstairs is a slow process; he leans heavily on the elevator wall as they ride it down, and almost immediately picks a chair to sit in until their cab arrives - regrets it when he has to get himself back up onto his feet. He's going to have to start to get more tactically efficient about when he sits - going to have to get better at clambering in and out of cabs.
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"If you say so," he says, patting her hand through the pocket. "Now stop degrading me before I can buy you dinner. I might start to feel cheap otherwise."
Heading downstairs is a slow process; he leans heavily on the elevator wall as they ride it down, and almost immediately picks a chair to sit in until their cab arrives - regrets it when he has to get himself back up onto his feet. He's going to have to start to get more tactically efficient about when he sits - going to have to get better at clambering in and out of cabs.