Chéri, who right now felt like they could read Tristan’s mind, as he started to picture them as an odd sort of dom or something adjacent, decided they weren’t done being outrageous “Of course,” it was a little defiant this time. Not clearer.

“People I work with,” were they trying to be threatening? Chéri themselves weren’t even sure if they were trying to be shocking, arousing or simply entirely defiant. They felt deeply humiliated by the pity Tristan had for them and wanted some control back. In their experience, sarcasm was a good way to that.