Re: You can't sit with us!
"Quite," he said, after 'enchanting', then snickered at Frankie's mention of her own. "It seems our Mr. Zale felt that way," David said of the gift. "It was a chair, meant to celebrate his recently received honors." Auster smiled and had just taken a sip of his tea when Frankie mentioned to Caltrops about his grandmother. His cheeks puffed and he made a 'pbbbt' noise but managed not to spit out his tea with surprised amusement.
"I'm glad you did stop," he said after swallowing, tall shoulders still moving as he snickered. "I happen to think Nate's hair is lovely." He tipped his cup toward the darker man, then looked at Frankie. "Do tell her I said hello." It was very possible he might've come across the woman at some point, anyway, might as well be polite. "Anything either of us could help with? In the library," he meant.