" Percy, why do you always have to spoil beauty with explanation?" Primrose didn't look away from Edo.
"One would think it might enhance your appreciation."
"No, one wouldn't, you puffed-up chump. The mystery is all gone now!"
"I appreciate knowing," said Arsenic, giving Prim a side-eye.
"Well, you would, you're an intellectual too." Percy said it without realizing he'd extended praise, and blushed to hear admiration in his own voice.
"Of a type, you two. It's exhausting. Go talk about technicalities on the other deck, would you? Let us bask in wonder. "
― Gail Carriger , Reticence (The Custard Protocol #4)
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"One would think it might enhance your appreciation."
"No, one wouldn't, you puffed-up chump. The mystery is all gone now!"
"I appreciate knowing," said Arsenic, giving Prim a side-eye.
"Well, you would, you're an intellectual too." Percy said it without realizing he'd extended praise, and blushed to hear admiration in his own voice.
"Of a type, you two. It's exhausting. Go talk about technicalities on the other deck, would you? Let us bask in wonder." style="width:100%;margin:20px 0;"/>