Dieguez moved much faster than Peter expected, and when he darted off, Peter ended up a few strides behind. The other man reached the edges of the group far before Peter did, just as Galenia's si...ster(?) stepped forward and placed her bid.
In any other situation, Peter would've stepped back, let out a long, impressed whistle, and thought to himself, It must be nice to have that much money to throw around.
In the here and now, though, Peter simply balked, glancing over at Galenia, who seemed just as taken aback as he was – so much so that she had stopped bidding in favor of staring her sister down. With the two of them locked in whatever silent battle they were waging, and with Teran intoning, "Going once, going twice--" Peter did something incredibly stupid.
He forced himself to put on a calm facade and called out some ridiculous bid of his own. ]
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Dieguez moved much faster than Peter expected, and when he darted off, Peter ended up a few strides behind. The other man reached the edges of the group far before Peter did, just as Galenia's si...ster(?) stepped forward and placed her bid.
In any other situation, Peter would've stepped back, let out a long, impressed whistle, and thought to himself, It must be nice to have that much money to throw around.
In the here and now, though, Peter simply balked, glancing over at Galenia, who seemed just as taken aback as he was – so much so that she had stopped bidding in favor of staring her sister down. With the two of them locked in whatever silent battle they were waging, and with Teran intoning, "Going once, going twice--" Peter did something incredibly stupid.
He forced himself to put on a calm facade and called out some ridiculous bid of his own. ]