No, but he'd probably prefer to him using either to flirting. Er, with someone Rodolphus considers subhuman, that is, of course. "I just don't like seeing you lower yourself, that's all," he says, sulkily again.
"Mmm," he utters blandly, deciding on Pattern Epsilon on the spot. He tosses Todd a blinding and rather pitying smile before the man can avert his eyes, just to mess with him, and has the satisfaction of seeing him look taken aback and confused, and also step on a customer's purse as he retreats. Satisfied, Severus follows Rus out. He doesn't notice the chef, behind the counter, duck into the kitchen and collapse in a giggling fit at his expense, which is really just as well.
"I know," he says drily. "I'm saying that being gracious about it reduced the number of overt fights in the hall we were involved in, and helped us maintain our lead."
Would have to be just as a regular tattoo, though, right? We tends to overdo the food. :D There was cake, with the Temple of Athena on, but was kind of an afterthought IMO; that and the grape leaves were the only store-bought things. Which is fine! But amusing. Only after she's had a nice, long, uninterrupted nap, though. ;) Heh. I'm sure that's exactly why. (g) Can I borrow Rus to send after the delivery guy, though? (steams)