We learned something new relating to things of personal interest.
( She makes it sound blase as she reaches out for the icepack, studying the design even as she hisses under her breath at the cold. )
What sort of ingenious design is this?
( Her hand's liable to freeze right off! )
Oz is as safe as he can be with you. Miss Alice too. Now that you've worried about things which clearly wait for you to get back home to, since you haven't been gone so much as a blink of an eye that anyone can tell, are you going to feel any less lonely about the fact you've been here with no one for almost two years? It can't have been easy for someone with your temperament.
( With that tendency toward making himself useless, though that would be the uncharitable way of looking at it. Gilbert hampered himself in his own way, but it made him largely dependable, and was endearing -- when it didn't get in the way of getting things done. )
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( She makes it sound blase as she reaches out for the icepack, studying the design even as she hisses under her breath at the cold. )
What sort of ingenious design is this?
( Her hand's liable to freeze right off! )
Oz is as safe as he can be with you. Miss Alice too. Now that you've worried about things which clearly wait for you to get back home to, since you haven't been gone so much as a blink of an eye that anyone can tell, are you going to feel any less lonely about the fact you've been here with no one for almost two years? It can't have been easy for someone with your temperament.
( With that tendency toward making himself useless, though that would be the uncharitable way of looking at it. Gilbert hampered himself in his own way, but it made him largely dependable, and was endearing -- when it didn't get in the way of getting things done. )