At least it doesn't sound like an annoyed huff - if anything, it's a little amused, confirmed by the faint amusement lingering in Bigby's tone when he speaks up again, managing to shake off some of the awkward from a moment ago.
"Oh, don't worry. If I can be honest with you-- I don't look all that much." Look, it really is a bit of honesty to admit that. Especially when some people definitely see looking at many women as some sign of Masculinity or whatever. "Been looking at the same woman for--"
He pauses, swallowing the urge to say 'a couple of centuries,' knowing you have to be more delicate with words like that around Raylan of all people.
"--a long while now." See? Still factually correct, probably gets the message across just as well as that more literal claim would have. "Though I don't know if that makes the whole 'future son with unknown mother' thing better or worse, really."
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At least it doesn't sound like an annoyed huff - if anything, it's a little amused, confirmed by the faint amusement lingering in Bigby's tone when he speaks up again, managing to shake off some of the awkward from a moment ago.
"Oh, don't worry. If I can be honest with you-- I don't look all that much." Look, it really is a bit of honesty to admit that. Especially when some people definitely see looking at many women as some sign of Masculinity or whatever. "Been looking at the same woman for--"
He pauses, swallowing the urge to say 'a couple of centuries,' knowing you have to be more delicate with words like that around Raylan of all people.
"--a long while now." See? Still factually correct, probably gets the message across just as well as that more literal claim would have. "Though I don't know if that makes the whole 'future son with unknown mother' thing better or worse, really."