"Exactly!" beamed Percy. He did so admire a sagacious woman. Admittedly, Arsenic was the first to match him Latin-to-Latin, but he'd always suspected such females must exist. He was seized by the horrifying suspicion that she may be the only one. She must be protected, he decided. A unique specimen among humans. Should I write a paper?
Rue looked at Quesnel and then Primrose. "Are they flirting?"
"It's like watching dirigibles crash midair, filled with hot air, slow and horrible yet inevitable," said Quesnel.
"I don't think it can be flirting when it's done so badly, can it?" Primrose finished her coffee, eyes wide with wonder.
Percy glared at them all. It was all very well for them to pick on him, but they shouldn't pick on Arsenic. She hadn't the appropriate defences in place. "We are having a perfectly respectable intellectual conversation. Just because you lot are too dim to follow the nuances."
"Definitely flirting." Rue grinned at them."/>

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" Homo sum humani a me nihil alienum puto?" suggested Arsenic.
"Exactly!" beamed Percy. He did so admire a sagacious woman. Admittedly, Arsenic was the first to match him Latin-to-Latin, but he'd always suspected such females must exist. He was seized by the horrifying suspicion that she may be the only one. She must be protected, he decided. A unique specimen among humans. Should I write a paper?
Rue looked at Quesnel and then Primrose. "Are they flirting?"
"It's like watching dirigibles crash midair, filled with hot air, slow and horrible yet inevitable," said Quesnel.
"I don't think it can be flirting when it's done so badly, can it?" Primrose finished her coffee, eyes wide with wonder.
Percy glared at them all. It was all very well for them to pick on him, but they shouldn't pick on Arsenic. She hadn't the appropriate defences in place. "We are having a perfectly respectable intellectual conversation. Just because you lot are too dim to follow the nuances."
"Definitely flirting." Rue grinned at them. "

― Gail Carriger , Reticence (The Custard Protocol #4)

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Gail Carriger quote : Homo sum humani a me nihil alienum puto?"Exactly!" beamed Percy. He did so admire a sagacious woman. Admittedly, Arsenic was the first to match him Latin-to-Latin, but he'd always suspected such females must exist. He was seized by the horrifying suspicion that she may be the only one. She must be protected, he decided. A unique specimen among humans. Should I write a paper?
Rue looked at Quesnel and then Primrose. "Are they flirting?"
"It's like watching dirigibles crash midair, filled with hot air, slow and horrible yet inevitable," said Quesnel.
"I don't think it can be flirting when it's done so badly, can it?" Primrose finished her coffee, eyes wide with wonder.
Percy glared at them all. It was all very well for them to pick on him, but they shouldn't pick on Arsenic. She hadn't the appropriate defences in place. "We are having a perfectly respectable intellectual conversation. Just because you lot are too dim to follow the nuances."
"Definitely flirting." Rue grinned at them." style="width:100%;margin:20px 0;"/>
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