It's also not polite to make an appointment within a day of the schedule and have everyone scramble to make amends on their calendars, so I think this argument's moot point.
[It's not like Hiccup would have hit the diamond anyway - that thing is worth more than his salary - so he lets out a small sigh of relief that he didn't know he'd been holding in when the thief puts it away. At the very least he has a chance of snatching it out of his clothes now. Not that he wanted to frisk the guy or anything.
The reflexes startle him, enough to make him fumble with the gun in any case. Jack's theory is right though, he won't shoot him this point blank of a range. Not that he could ever shoot anything that lived and breathed, he was a rather miserable failure at that (just ask his wolf hound). The startlement is gone from his face as soon as he can get himself under control, tilting his head away slightly so that their faces aren't so close.
The twinkle in the other man's eyes do tell him one thing - that he's just in this for the evulz. Hiccup can feel his heart shudder in his chest, startled by the bright colour of the thief's eyes in a way that makes it skip a beat.]
I-I've been following reports since you started showing up. [Wow, that sounded way too fanboyish. He clears his throat to cover up that stutter, this time with a shrug and an incline of his head.] I was the only one interested enough in the case to take it up.
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[It's not like Hiccup would have hit the diamond anyway - that thing is worth more than his salary - so he lets out a small sigh of relief that he didn't know he'd been holding in when the thief puts it away. At the very least he has a chance of snatching it out of his clothes now. Not that he wanted to frisk the guy or anything.
The reflexes startle him, enough to make him fumble with the gun in any case. Jack's theory is right though, he won't shoot him this point blank of a range. Not that he could ever shoot anything that lived and breathed, he was a rather miserable failure at that (just ask his wolf hound). The startlement is gone from his face as soon as he can get himself under control, tilting his head away slightly so that their faces aren't so close.
The twinkle in the other man's eyes do tell him one thing - that he's just in this for the evulz. Hiccup can feel his heart shudder in his chest, startled by the bright colour of the thief's eyes in a way that makes it skip a beat.]
I-I've been following reports since you started showing up. [Wow, that sounded way too fanboyish. He clears his throat to cover up that stutter, this time with a shrug and an incline of his head.] I was the only one interested enough in the case to take it up.