[ Eggsy smiles at her not-joke. Right-o, Madam. He doesn't hesitate to answer her question. ]
Well, it's just me and Henry from home, innit?
[ His features soften. Hard not to sound fond, when the topic shifts to Harry, despite their growing pains and lies wedged between them. ]
He worries about me enough as it is. [ Oh, and he's a spy who doesn't trust anyone with his real name, let alone his hand-picked Kingsman candidate. After a beat, Eggsy continues wryly — ] And I think anything with the word "experiment" in it would be extra concerning for him. That ain't exactly business as usual on Savile Row, yeah?
[ Definitely ribbing Ros for her blasé approach to experiments on people. ]
[ He thinks of how Bellamy responded to the mere mention of a drug test. Not well. Harry definitely would have asked him not to come, but Eggsy wouldn't put that down to viewing him as a child. ]
I don't think that's our problem, but I appreciate the diagnosis, Doc. [ well. ] Sorry, Madam.
[There's an odd little flicker of something in her gaze as he says doc and then corrects herself. You'd have to be looking closely to see it, because it lasts only a moment, but it's there.]
Suit yourself. I'm surprised you're taking it so well, though. [She's not lecturing, just talking.] I used to chafe under my mother's instruction, to the point where I learned to climb trees simply to escape her gaze.
I don't know about rebel-- not in the way you're thinking, anyway. But my mother had a precise vision for me, and I disagreed with that vision. And as I grew older, I found it easier to simply avoid engaging with her altogether.
University helped with both those endeavors, actually. She despised the thought of my attending, and yet being gone for most of the year perfectly aided my not speaking to her.
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Well, it's just me and Henry from home, innit?
[ His features soften. Hard not to sound fond, when the topic shifts to Harry, despite their growing pains and lies wedged between them. ]
He worries about me enough as it is. [ Oh, and he's a spy who doesn't trust anyone with his real name, let alone his hand-picked Kingsman candidate. After a beat, Eggsy continues wryly — ] And I think anything with the word "experiment" in it would be extra concerning for him. That ain't exactly business as usual on Savile Row, yeah?
[ Definitely ribbing Ros for her blasé approach to experiments on people. ]
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Still. You might want to remind him you're not a child.
[Because that's. kind of overprotective for a tailor and his apprentice, it really is.]
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I don't think that's our problem, but I appreciate the diagnosis, Doc. [ well. ] Sorry,
Madam.
[ He shrugs. ]
I'm just picking my battles.
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Suit yourself. I'm surprised you're taking it so well, though. [She's not lecturing, just talking.] I used to chafe under my mother's instruction, to the point where I learned to climb trees simply to escape her gaze.
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Well enough. [ he did hang up on harry... that one time... ANYWAY. ] Shut up! You were a rebel, huh?
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University helped with both those endeavors, actually. She despised the thought of my attending, and yet being gone for most of the year perfectly aided my not speaking to her.