[His tone immediately hardened at her deflection. That was clearly a subject that required a discussion if she was doing the child-like, speak-really-fast-to-get-her-way sort. He had faced this tactic before, and he knew trouble on the horizon immediately because of it.
He even set his pen down on the book, pushing his chair away from the desk so that he could stand and make it clear that he would not be distracted and unlikely to be deterred from finding out the nature of her rambling quick speak.]
action;
[His tone immediately hardened at her deflection. That was clearly a subject that required a discussion if she was doing the child-like, speak-really-fast-to-get-her-way sort. He had faced this tactic before, and he knew trouble on the horizon immediately because of it.
He even set his pen down on the book, pushing his chair away from the desk so that he could stand and make it clear that he would not be distracted and unlikely to be deterred from finding out the nature of her rambling quick speak.]
Repeat that at normal speed and annunciation.