[The head seems content to give its own long stare. It doesn't blink, but it really must be alive; it's not static. The muscles in its face work just as minutely as any living person's face. Just because he doesn't blink doesn't mean his eyelashes don't flutter in the barest way when his eyes move just so.
And then the head speaks, of course, the one mouth angled toward Charles.]
Thirty-nine, currently, if the fortieth isn't found.
put it on my tab.
And then the head speaks, of course, the one mouth angled toward Charles.]
Thirty-nine, currently, if the fortieth isn't found.