<div class="floatleft">(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/thumb/9/93/Sebastian_Bryce.jpg/395px-Sebastian_Bryce.jpg)</div><strong>Bryce</strong><br/>"Oh no no no," Bryce said, shaking his head and letting out a dry chuckle. "No, I rather think not. I let her get away with it, but 'Gears' is not an acceptable form of address for myself,-- I'll accept Engine-Master, Doctor Anderson, even-- if you insist on<em>formality</em>,-- the Lord Hallworth, or if your feeling even more formal than that, the August and Honorable Lord Hallworth- but not<strong>Gears</strong>. I hope I'm understood, young lady."<br/><br/>Of course, the question was less if he'd be understood and more if he'd be heeded.<br/><br/>"You may even call me Sebastian, though I prefer Bryce. I'll even suffer<em>'Seb'</em>, which I am also not very fond of, but please refrain from the urge to call me 'Gears'."