[ It's usually a fairly pleasant experience, at least, a gesture or a card... Well. A more cheerful card than the one he's already received, in this case. ]
Of course, I do not do good deeds specifically to be compensated for them. I try to be an upstanding fellow.
Terribly upstanding among my acquaintances, [he says with amusement. Lucien shifts so he can kiss Kurt again, making sure not to give up the way they've tangled together.]
But I mean it, [he adds, a bit quieter.] Could've ended up in a bad arrangement without your cleverness.
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[ It's usually a fairly pleasant experience, at least, a gesture or a card... Well. A more cheerful card than the one he's already received, in this case. ]
Of course, I do not do good deeds specifically to be compensated for them. I try to be an upstanding fellow.
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But I mean it, [he adds, a bit quieter.] Could've ended up in a bad arrangement without your cleverness.