She had to laugh at that. "Believe me, if I were conning you, I would have
found an infinitely more plausible way to do so. And since you asked—"
She took a small handheld tablet—slightly bigger than a large
smartphone—from her pocket and swiped and tapped a few times across its
surface. She laid it down in front of him as a series of images of
Quadratus—the town, the surrounding countryside, even a bit of the
ruins—began to play in a slideshow. At the end, a short advertisement for
the resort began to play, with Jeffers's plummy voice narrating the
attractions and pleasures to be found in his...inimitable fashion.
"The advert's slightly out of date," she added with a slight eye roll. "It
leaves off the skeleton archers and the exploding creatures."
Well, never let it be said that she didn't warn people.
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She had to laugh at that. "Believe me, if I were conning you, I would have found an infinitely more plausible way to do so. And since you asked—"
She took a small handheld tablet—slightly bigger than a large smartphone—from her pocket and swiped and tapped a few times across its surface. She laid it down in front of him as a series of images of Quadratus—the town, the surrounding countryside, even a bit of the ruins—began to play in a slideshow. At the end, a short advertisement for the resort began to play, with Jeffers's plummy voice narrating the attractions and pleasures to be found in his...inimitable fashion.
"The advert's slightly out of date," she added with a slight eye roll. "It leaves off the skeleton archers and the exploding creatures."
Well, never let it be said that she didn't warn people.