I grunted. It's something I picked up over a fifteen-year career in law enforcement. Men have managed to create a complex and utterly impenetrable secret language consisting of monosyllabic sounds and partial wordsโand they are apparently too thick to realize it exists. Maybe they really are from Mars. I'd been able to learn a few Martian phrases over time, and one of the useful ones was the grunt that meant "I acknowledge that I've heard what you said; please continue.
Jim ButcherGruff,โ I said, โI find myself largely clueless about why mortal women do what they do. It will take a wiser man than me to understand whatโs in a fae womanโs mind.
Jim ButcherI guess maybe you donโt get to be the Merlin of the White Council by saving up frequent-flier miles
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