[ Daniel can't deny it'll be a relief to get a break from this environment; he's lucky the music hasn't given him a goddamn migraine so far.
He peels a large glass bottle of sparkling water off one of the tables like it's champagne. Waits until they've pushed awkwardly through the crowd and onto the long empty balcony to talk again, wandering down the length of it to the stairs, bottle tight in both hands because they can't be trusted with glass. ]
It's really the diamonds more than anything. The wilful obliviousness it takes to throw them around like bread crumbs. It's worse than if they just shot bills out of canons.
[ His tone is light, even if his words are bitter; nothing rich people do will ever surprise him anymore, and he knows there's no point wasting his anger. It's just a brittle observation. When they reach the stairs, he doesn't walk down onto the lawn but eases himself down onto them to sit. ]
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[ Daniel can't deny it'll be a relief to get a break from this environment; he's lucky the music hasn't given him a goddamn migraine so far.
He peels a large glass bottle of sparkling water off one of the tables like it's champagne. Waits until they've pushed awkwardly through the crowd and onto the long empty balcony to talk again, wandering down the length of it to the stairs, bottle tight in both hands because they can't be trusted with glass. ]
It's really the diamonds more than anything. The wilful obliviousness it takes to throw them around like bread crumbs. It's worse than if they just shot bills out of canons.
[ His tone is light, even if his words are bitter; nothing rich people do will ever surprise him anymore, and he knows there's no point wasting his anger. It's just a brittle observation. When they reach the stairs, he doesn't walk down onto the lawn but eases himself down onto them to sit. ]