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– And your tongue is well suspended, – I do not allow myself to drown in a velvet baritone.

– I was just making a compliment, Margo.

– Then I’m happy to return it so you can give it to a more suitable woman. – She’s in just the right mood.

Lunar’s incomprehension betrays a couple of shallow wrinkles on his forehead, and I allow myself to enjoy his slightly stupid expression on his face. And then I expressively step aside, showing that the path to the door is clear.

– Your fiancee, Koryaga, is probably already waiting. Just a little tip, if you’ll excuse me – before ordering drinks, wait until she expresses her bile. And how would you not get sick.

I deliberately go around him in a wide arc and even manage to get to the side of the road to try to hail a taxi, but he catches up and turns me around again. But this time I’m already mentally prepared and easily release my elbow from his tenacious claw.

– Stop grabbing me in front of people! – I say in a loud whisper. – You have already “worked” enough on my reputation – how to now wash and scrub off, and scrape off the dirt of your moon squabbles.