“Sicarius, as usual, regarded her with the blandness of a particularly featureless rock, then walked away.”
“Sicarius had the personality of a particularly bland, pointy stick.”
“There is a particular disdain with which Siamese cats regard you. Anyone who has walked in on the Queen cleaning her teeth will be familiar with the feeling.”
“Sicarius wore his usual guess-my-thoughts-if-you-can-mask, though she sensed he did not approve.”
“I, cruel to Marks? I'm the one you should worry about. After a conversation with her, I usually walk away with my entrails dragging behind me.”
“It's impossible to walk through solid rock... You have to walk between the molecules that make up the rock.”