[ His face clouds. For the almost the entire length of her comment, he is very much on the verge of coming up with some new complaint—perhaps real (Benedict) or perhaps imagined—to avoid the horrible fact of being predictable and preempted and robbed of the first word and element of surprise and any number of other things.
But before he can do that, she says something he wants to argue with, so Benedict and any possible number of other targets are safe. For now. ]
To you.
[ He hasn't spared a glance for her diagrams. ]
And you tricked me into saying I wanted to be friends. Should you write that down or something?
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But before he can do that, she says something he wants to argue with, so Benedict and any possible number of other targets are safe. For now. ]
To you.
[ He hasn't spared a glance for her diagrams. ]
And you tricked me into saying I wanted to be friends. Should you write that down or something?