>>18840395>[The Queen does not move an inch as Raquel drags a chair across the parquet floors. They will surely be scratched. How rude. There is more unbroken eye contact as Raquel feigns a handshake... and retracts it. Victoria has in fact never requested anyone bow -- most simply do it out of respect... or fear -- but the impertinence of this woman in front of her is almost to be admired. She supressed a sly smile.]“Miss Durango – or, Raquel, since you want to use first names; I shall not -- the current ownership, Mister Dog as he may be known, is no friend nor ally of mine. What we have might be something more akin to an ‘understanding’; I work for his wrestling company, sparingly though my matches have become, and he provides the things I ask in return. The goat, and the Dojo’s Ogre are – oh my, what is the best term to use? ‘Pawns’ seems too arrogant, does it not? No matter, they are not my concern.”
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