Sounds like a plan to me. I have this one... Let's see.
[ He retreats back to his sideroom and picks up another two from his stacks. (They're in neat stacks. Not obsessively straight, but it's clear that he's a rather organized worker, at least.)
He comes back with them, opening one and handing the other off to his new partner with the pen. He takes a highlighter from his pocket. ]
Well, off we go. These books won't write themselves, will they?
[ He listened to the whole plan. He's executing it! No matter how self-conscious she seemed at the end, he's still taking the whole venture very seriously. ]
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[ He retreats back to his sideroom and picks up another two from his stacks. (They're in neat stacks. Not obsessively straight, but it's clear that he's a rather organized worker, at least.)
He comes back with them, opening one and handing the other off to his new partner with the pen. He takes a highlighter from his pocket. ]
Well, off we go. These books won't write themselves, will they?
[ He listened to the whole plan. He's executing it! No matter how self-conscious she seemed at the end, he's still taking the whole venture very seriously. ]