[The yellow association definitely wasn't David's doing. It had been given to him, and he'd learned to work with it over the years, even growing fond of it as he'd come to know and understand fashion. Though really he liked that Balthier was working this angle rather well.
Mostly, though, he has to work not to giggle over the way the sales clerk looks put upon to have to follow after David's hand when he's pulled away from Balthier. This was almost making him giddy, the way that Balthier commanded the space so effortlessly, especially as the sale clerk's coworker was definitely watching Balthier now. At least the sales clerk was trying his hardest to get David more ring sizes to try, accidentally having fumbled to the side of too large rather than too small now, and the man tried to offer some suggestions.]
We do have some lovely chocolate diamonds we could offer. They would go well to accent sir's eyes.
[And that's where David wished he had true telepathy, so he could try and warn Balthier off of agreeing. If Balthier was going to play someone so picky as to refuse citrine, then he might well know enough as a buyer to know that 'chocolate diamonds' was just the latest in decades worth of marketing ploys to sell bog standard brown diamonds at a mark up. Browns were usually the sort of off-color diamonds used for industrial purposes, and 'chocolate' diamonds were just the latest in a long line of names like cognac and whiskey diamonds to sell browns as jewelry quality.]
Wouldn't brown seem pale against my skin?
[It was David's best attempt to warn Balthier off as his hand settled on another case. Dammit that wasn't working either.]
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Mostly, though, he has to work not to giggle over the way the sales clerk looks put upon to have to follow after David's hand when he's pulled away from Balthier. This was almost making him giddy, the way that Balthier commanded the space so effortlessly, especially as the sale clerk's coworker was definitely watching Balthier now. At least the sales clerk was trying his hardest to get David more ring sizes to try, accidentally having fumbled to the side of too large rather than too small now, and the man tried to offer some suggestions.]
We do have some lovely chocolate diamonds we could offer. They would go well to accent sir's eyes.
[And that's where David wished he had true telepathy, so he could try and warn Balthier off of agreeing. If Balthier was going to play someone so picky as to refuse citrine, then he might well know enough as a buyer to know that 'chocolate diamonds' was just the latest in decades worth of marketing ploys to sell bog standard brown diamonds at a mark up. Browns were usually the sort of off-color diamonds used for industrial purposes, and 'chocolate' diamonds were just the latest in a long line of names like cognac and whiskey diamonds to sell browns as jewelry quality.]
Wouldn't brown seem pale against my skin?
[It was David's best attempt to warn Balthier off as his hand settled on another case. Dammit that wasn't working either.]